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The overseer state : slavery, indenture and governance in the British Empire, 1812-1916 / Sascha Auerbach.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Auerbach, Sascha, author.
- Series:
- Critical perspectives on empire
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forced labor--Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century.
- Forced labor.
- Indentured servants--Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century.
- Indentured servants.
- Slavery--Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century.
- Slavery.
- Labor policy--Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century.
- Labor policy.
- Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2024.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Paper Chains for Iron Chains
- "Not Fit for the Enjoyment of Freedom": Amelioration and the Origins of the Overseer State, 1812-1834
- "To Go and Look for Law:" Early Responses to the Overseer- State, 1823-1836
- "A Most Imperfect Act of Abolition": Apprenticeship and Early Indenture in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean Worlds, 1834-1842
- "A System Entirely Favourable to the Poorer Class of Natives": Health, Moral Reform, and Coercion in the Indenture System, 1840-1864
- "Man, in his Natural State ... Must Either be Led by Conviction, or by Force": Magistrates, Workers' Agency, and State Violence, 1840-1873
- "They Must Know Their Master, and He Must Know Them": Labor Governance and Sovereignty on the Imperial Frontier in Southeast Asia, 1867-1890
- "They Have Made the Government Arbitrary Enough": the Decline of the OverseerState, 1870-1904
- Conclusion: The Persistent Legacies of the Overseer-State.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781009315777 (electronic bk.)
- 1009315773 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 90101477613
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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