| Bonded Labour: Global and Comparative Perspectives (18th-21st Century) Contributor(s): Damir-Geilsdorf, Sabine (Editor), Lindner, Ulrike (Editor), Müller, Gesine (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3837637336 ISBN-13: 9783837637335 Publisher: Transcript Publishing OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - History | Modern - General |
| Series: Global Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.8" W x 8.8" (0.85 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: After slavery, forms of indentured labor met global capitalism's need for cheap, disposable labor. The famous "coolie trade" - mainly Asian laborers transferred to colonial Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas, as well as to the Arab world - was one of the largest migration movements in global history. Indentured contract workers are perhaps the most revealing example of bonded labor in the grey area between the poles of chattel slavery and free' wage labor. This interdisciplinary volume addresses historically and regionally specific cases of unfree labor relations from the eighteenth century to the present day. |