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Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers Class Race and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Cent
by [Ahuja, Ravi]
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A TRAGIC SHIPPING ACCIDENT OPENS A WINDOW ON RACIALIZED LABOUR MANAGEMENT IN AN AGE OF IMPERIALISM
When eighty-seven passengers and crew died in the shipwreck of the Royal Mail ship Egypt in 1922, the accident gave rise to a racist international press campaign against the employment of Indian seafarers, such as those who made up most of the ship's crew. This was not unusual at a time when a fifth of the British mercantile marine's workforce was recruited from the subcontinent. Ravi Ahuja explains the business logic behind a labour regime steeped in racist irrationalism and examines the scope for solidarity among a divided workforce in an age of imperialism - an issue that is no less relevant in our own time.
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- Dec 31, 2024 Pub Date:
- 9781804293515 ISBN-13:
- 1804293512 ISBN-10:
- English Language
- 9.06 in * 0.52 in * 5.99 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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