Bonded Labour

Bonded Labour

by Damir-Geilsdorf, Sabine

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Parallel to the abolition of Atlantic slavery, new forms of indentured labour stilled global capitalisms 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 bond…

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  • Full title :Bonded Labour.

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Parallel to the abolition of Atlantic slavery, new forms of indentured labour stilled global capitalisms 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.

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  • Publication Date:2016.

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  • Description:1 online resource.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:3839437334, 9783839437339, 3837637336, 9783837637335
  • oclc:ocn966364175
  • LC Classification:HD4871

Subjects

Conference papers and proceedings Contrat de travail -- Congrès. -- Histo… Electronic books Esclaves -- Congrès. -- Travail Forced labor Forced labor -- Congresses. -- History General & world history History Indentured servants Indentured servants -- Congresses. -- H… Kontraktarbeit Kulturvergleich Labor contract Labor contract -- Congresses. -- History Labor policy Labor policy -- Congresses. -- History Main-d'œuvre engagée à long terme -- Co… Peonage Péonage -- Congrès. -- Histoire Peonage -- Congresses. -- History

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Damir-Geilsdorf, Sabine

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