Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers : Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century
by
Ravi Ahuja
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1804293512
ISBN-13
9781804293515
Publisher
Verso Books
Imprint
Verso Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 17th, 2024
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
302 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.40 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Colonialism & imperialismSocial discrimination & inequalitySociology: work & labour
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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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