Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers

Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers

Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century

Ahuja, Ravi

Verso Books

10/2024

256

Mole

Inglês

9781804293515

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Introduction: 'Lascar' Seamen and 'Racial Management' under Steamship Capitalism

1. Collision Course: British Merchant Shipping and the Loss of a Mail Steamer
2. Good Copy: The Savagery of Panic-Stricken 'Natives'
3. Spelling Disaster: Class and Race When a Ship Goes Down
4. Indian Outrage: Who Speaks for the 'Lascar'?
5. Lines of Defence: 'Natives, Properly Led'
6. Discomforting Testimonies: Eight 'Native Seamen' in Court
7. Communication Collapse: The Steamship and 'Naval Hindustani'
8. Fireroom Hierarchy: Stoking, Skill, and Status
9. Stoker's Stigma: The Two Lives of the 'Hairy Ape'
10. Gains of 'Racial Management': Manning Scales and Liner Schedules
11. The Break-Up: Findings, Rulings, and the Limits of 'Racial Management'
12. Course Adjustment: The Names of the 'Native'

Acknowledgements
Index
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India; South Asia; global labour history; maritime history; racism; colonialism; imperialism; labour process; steam shipping; coolies; racial management; lascars; seamen; Karl Marx; Amir Haider Khan; Joseph Conrad; Eugene O'Neill