Workers in Bondage [electronic resource] : The Origins and Bases of Unfree Labour in Queensland 18241916
Kay Saunders2013
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Based on thorough documentary research in archives and newspapers, Workers in
Bondage begins with the origins of servitude during the convict era in
Queensland before its separation from New South Wales in 1859. The study then
focuses in on Queensland's Pacific Islander labor force, examining the
reconstruction of the Queensland sugar industry after the withdrawal of Islander
labor and describing the realities of white labor and the early trade union
struggles in the sugar industry. Underlying the text is an analysis of labor
manipulation by capitalism in a new colony during a time of transition from
slavery to indenture in the British Empire. This is a comprehensive and
insightful academic examination of the little known history of the enslavement
of Pacific Island workers in Australian convict-era industries, as well as a
wider study of race relations in a frontier society.
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Author:
Kay Saunders, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : University of Queensland Press, 2013
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (213 pages,)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781921902109
Language:
English
BRN:
436097
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |