Workers in bondage : the origins and bases of unfree labour in Queensland 1824-1916 /

Workers in Bondage is primarily concerned with Queensland's Pacific Islander labour force, but it begins with the origins of servitude in Queensland during the convict era before separation from New South Wales in 1859. The book also deals with the reconstruction of the Queensland sugar industr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Saunders, Kay, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2011.
Colección:UQ ePress Pacific studies series.
Temas:
Contract labor > Australia > Queensland > History.
Forced labor > Australia > Queensland > History.
Main-d'œuvre contractuelle > Australie > Queensland > Histoire.
Travail forcé > Australie > Queensland > Histoire.
HISTORY > Australia & New Zealand.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Contract labor
Forced labor
Social conditions
Queensland > Social conditions.
Queensland > Conditions sociales.
Queensland
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Workers in Bondage is primarily concerned with Queensland's Pacific Islander labour force, but it begins with the origins of servitude in Queensland during the convict era before separation from New South Wales in 1859. The book also deals with the reconstruction of the Queensland sugar industry after the withdrawal of Islander labour and describes the realities of white labour and the early trade union struggles in the sugar industry. First published in 1982, Workers in Bondage is based on thorough documentary research in archives and newspapers. Underlying the text is an analysis of labour m.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 213 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781921902116
1921902116
9781921902109
1921902108

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