Why Should We Be Called Coolies? - The End of Indian Indentured Labour

Informationen zum Autor Radica Mahase is Senior Lecturer, History, at the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago. She has a PhD, History from UWI, St. Augustine and a MA in Indian History from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was a Commonwealth Visiting Scholar at the University of Manchester. Zusammenfassung This book examines the end of a labour system which lasted from 1838 until 1920 in various territories throughout the British Empire. It provides a comparative study of the abolition of the Indian indentureship system and shows the global interconnectedness of this abolition. Note: Not for sale in South Asia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Indian Indentureship in Context 2. Imperialist Structures 3. ‘Resistance from Within’: Labourer’s Resistance against Indentureship 4. Fighting the System: Middle-class Indian Protests in Labour-importing Territories 5. Why Should We Be Called ‘Coolies’?: Agitation in the ‘Mother Country’ 6. Imperial Reconsiderations, Policy and Abolition 7. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Radica Mahase, Mahase Radica
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9780367676117
• ISBN: 978-0-367-67611-7
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / General, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General