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Bonded Labour: Global and Comparative Perspectives (18th-21st Century)
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Abstract Parallel to the abolition of Atlantic slavery, new forms of indentured labour stilled global capitalism's need for cheap, disposable labour. The famous 'coolie trade' - mainly Asian labourers transferred to French and British islands in the Indian Ocean, Australia, Indonesia, South Africa, the Carib... view more
Parallel to the abolition of Atlantic slavery, new forms of indentured labour stilled global capitalism's need for cheap, disposable labour. The famous 'coolie trade' - 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 - 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.... view less
Keywords
capitalism; globalization; post-colonialism; manpower; migration; slavery; wage labor; labor relations; eighteenth century; nineteenth century; twentieth century; twenty-first century
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Free Keywords
Culture; Global History; History of Colonialism; Ethnology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
231 p.
Series
Global Studies
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839437339
ISBN
978-3-8394-3733-9
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0