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Indentured Labour in the British Empire, 1834-1920 (Hardcover)
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Indentured Labour in the British Empire, 1834-1920 (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: The British Empire
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First published in 1984. Indentured labour migration in the
nineteenth century intersects many of the most serious issues of
our own time - racism, Third World poverty, and the arrogance of a
great world powers. Indenture suggests lack of freedom and the
exploitation of people formed into exile or misadventure. Coming as
it did after the abolition of slavery in the British Empire in
1834, in many respects it can be regarded as a replacement of the
slave labour system. Indeed, both concerned humanitarians and
officials in the nineteenth century, and many historians
subsequently have regarded indentured labour merely as 'a new
system of slavery'. Many of the articles in this book address
themselves to this assertion, whilst investigating the particular
variations inherent in their geographic area. The differing
patterns of Indian indenture in the West Indies and British Guiana,
coming almost immediately after slavery, forms the first section of
this book. Attention is given to the Indians engaged in the sugar
industries in Mauritius and Fiji, and the rubber industry in
Malaya. The use of Pacific Islanders in the Queensland industry is
also examined, particularly in the sugar industry which, by the
early twentieth century, contained the unique pattern of white,
expensive, unionized labour. Other groups dealt with include the
aboriginal workers in Australia and the Chinese workers in the
Transvaal. Overall, this book is comprehensive and far-reaching in
its scope and the complex issues which it raises.
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