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Shanghaiing sailors : a maritime history of forced labor, 1849-1915 / Mark Strecker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strecker, Mark, 1970- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shanghaiing.
- Sailors--Crimes against--History--19th century.
- Sailors.
- Sailors--Crimes against--History--20th century.
- Merchant mariners--Legal status, laws, etc--History.
- Merchant mariners.
- Seafaring life--History--19th century.
- Seafaring life.
- Seafaring life--History--20th century.
- Sailors--Social conditions.
- Forced labor--History--19th century.
- Forced labor.
- History.
- Merchant mariners--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 252 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Maritime history of forced labor, 1849/1915
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
- Summary:
- ""Shanghaiing," or the forcing of a man to become part of the crew of a merchant ship against his will, plagued the seafaring world between 1849 and 1915. The merchant ships were involved in such trade as opium, tea and gold and the practice was spurred by the opening of the Suez Canal. "-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A conspiracy of events
- A mariner's life
- Rebellion on the open water
- The crimps and their business
- Liberty days
- Shanghaied!
- Impressment: shanghaied by a navy
- The oysterman problem
- The hunt for whales and men
- The struggle to end shanghaiing.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786494514
- 0786494514
- OCLC:
- 866620356
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