Bonded Labour : Global and Comparative Perspectives (18th-21st Century) / Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf, Gesine Müller, Ulrike Lindner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Damir-Geilsdorf, Sabine, editor.

Müller, Gesine, editor.

Lindner, Ulrike, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld, Germany : transcript Verlag, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Parallel to the abolition of Atlantic slavery, new forms of indentured labour stilled global capitalisms need for cheap, disposable labour. The famous coolie trade â€" mainly Asian labourers transferred to French and British islands in the Indian Ocean, Australia, Indonesia, South Africa, the Caribbean, the Americas, as well as to Portuguese colonies in Africa â€" was one of the largest migration movements in global history. Indentured contract workers are perhaps the most revealing example of bonded labour in the grey area between the poles of chattel slavery and free wage labour. This interdisciplinary volume addresses historically and regionally specific cases of bonded labour relations from the 18th century to sponsorship systems in the Arab Gulf States today.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 101955

ISBN:

9783839437339

Publisher Number:

http://dx.doi.org/10.14361/9783839437339

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access