Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers
Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers
Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century
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Sign in or Sign up!- Release Date: 17/12/2024
- Barcode: 9781804293515
- Genre: Non-Fiction
- Sub-Genre: History
- Imprint: Verso Books
- Publisher: Verso Books

Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers
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Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century
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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