Labor on the Fringes of Empire - Voice, Exit and the Law (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)

After the abolition of slavery in the Indian Ocean and Africa, the world of labor remained unequal, exploitative, and violent, straddling a fine line between freedom and unfreedom. This book explains why. Unseating the Atlantic paradigm of bondage and drawing from a rich array of colonial, estate, plantation and judicial archives, Alessandro Stanziani investigates the evolution of labor relationships on the Indian subcontinent, the Indian Ocean and Africa, with case studies on Assam, the Mascarene Islands and the French Congo. He finds surprising relationships between African and Indian abolition movements and European labor practices, inviting readers to think in terms of trans-oceanic connections rather than simple oppositions. Above all, he considers how the meaning and practices of freedom in the colonial world differed profoundly from those in the mainland. Arguing for a multi-centered view of imperial dynamics, Labor on the Fringes of Empire is a pioneering global history of nineteenth-century labor.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies
Release date:	June 2019
First published:	2018
Authors:	Alessandro Stanziani
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	334
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-88930-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > General
LSN:	3-319-88930-3
Barcode:	9783319889306

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