Ahuja Ravi - Shipping Lords And Coolie Stokers Class Race And Maritime Capitalism In The Early 20th Century - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: When eighty - seven passengers and crew died in the shipwreck of the Royal Mail ship Egypt in 1922, the accident gave rise to a racist international press campaign against the employment of Indian seafarers such as those who made up most of the ship's crew. This was not unusual at a time when a fifth of the British mercantile marine's workforce was recruited from the subcontinent. Ravi Ahuja explains the business logic behind a labour regime steeped in racist irrationalism and examines the scope for solidarity among a divided workforce in an age of imperialism an issue that is no less relevant in our own time.
Title: Shipping Lords And Coolie Stokers Class Race And Maritime Capitalism In The Early 20th Century
Author(s): Ahuja Ravi
Publisher: Verso Books
Barcode: 9781804293515
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 12/31/2024
Category: Sociology: Work & Labour