Bonded Labour(English, Electronic book text, unknown)

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Bonded Labour(English, Electronic book text, unknown) is written by unknown and published by Transcript Verlag. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3839437334 (ISBN 10) and 9783839437339 (ISBN 13).

Parallel to the abolition of Atlantic slavery, new forms of indentured labour stilled global capitalism's need for cheap, disposable labour. The famous 'coolie trade' - mainly Asian labourers transferred to French and British islands in the Indian Ocean, Australia, Indonesia, South Africa, the Caribbean, the Americas, as well as to Portuguese colonies in Africa - was one of the largest migration movements in global history. Indentured contract workers are perhaps the most revealing example of bonded labour in the grey area between the poles of chattel slavery and 'free' wage labour. This interdisciplinary volume addresses historically and regionally specific cases of bonded labour relations from the 18th century to sponsorship systems in the Arab Gulf States today.