The pearl frontier : Indonesian labor and Indigenous encounters in Australia's northern trading network /

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Remarkable for its meticulous archival research and moving life stories, the Pearl Frontier offers a new way of imagining Australian historical connections with Indonesia. This compelling view from below of maritime mobility demonstrates how, in the colonial quest for the valuable pearl-shell, Austr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Martínez, Julia (Autor), Vickers, Adrian, 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2015]
Temas:
Pearl industry and trade > Australia, Northern > History.
Pearl industry and trade > Indonesia > History.
Foreign workers, Indonesian > Australia, Northern.
Perles > Industrie > Australie (Nord) > Histoire.
Perles > Industrie > Indonésie > Histoire.
Travailleurs étrangers indonésiens > Australie (Nord)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Foreign workers, Indonesian.
Pearl industry and trade.
Grenzgebiet
Perlmutter
Gewinnung
Sozialgeschichte
Transnationale Politik
Australia, Northern > History.
Indonesia.
Northern Australia.
Indonesien > Ost
Nordaustralien
Indonesië.
Australië.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Border-crossing on the pearl frontier
  • The birth of the pearling zone, 1860-1890
  • Maritime mobility in eastern Indonesia
  • Master pearlers on both sides of the frontier
  • Labor migration to north Australia, 1901-1941
  • Challenging social segregation
  • War on the pearl frontier
  • Disputed borders on the pearl frontier
  • Marriage and Australian citizenship.

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