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.

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Yes, you can access Bonded Labour by Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf, Ulrike Lindner, Gesine Müller, Oliver Tappe, Michael Zeuske, Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf,Ulrike Lindner,Gesine Müller,Oliver Tappe,Michael Zeuske in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Economic History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Introduction: Global Variants of Bonded Labour
Coolies – Asiáticos and Chinos: Global Dimensions of Second Slavery
Indentured Labour in Sub-Saharan Africa (1880-1918): Circulation of Concepts between Imperial Powers
Coolie Transformations – Uncovering the Changing Meaning and Labour Relations of Coolie Labour in the Dutch Empire (18th and 19th Century)
Variants of Bonded Labour in Precolonial and Colonial Southeast Asia
“His Original Name Is . . .” REMAPping the Slave Experience in Saudi Arabia
Contract Labour and Debt Bondage in the Arab Gulf States. Policies and Practices within the Kafala System
Re-presenting and Narrating Labour: Coolie Migration in the Caribbean
Cultural Forms of Representation of ‘Coolies’: Khal Torabully and his Concept of Coolitude
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