Bonded Labour Global And Comparative Perspectives 18th21st Century Sabine Damirgeilsdorf Editor Ulrike Lindner Editor Gesine Mller Editor Oliver Tappe Editor Michael Zeuske Editor Knowledge Unlatched Ku Select 2018 Backlist Collection Editor by Sabine Damir-geilsdorf (editor); Ulrike Lindner (editor); Gesine Müller (editor); Oliver Tappe (editor); Michael Zeuske (editor); Knowledge Unlatched - Ku Select 2018: Backlist Collection (editor) 9783839437339, 3839437334 instant download after payment.

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.