Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century

2025/10/24 by Joe Redmayne · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Australian History and Society #Historical Economic and Social Studies #Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies

paper · doi:10.1080/03086534.2025.2575059

Abstract

As the recent Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) dismissals dispute (in 2022) and the British Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023 exemplified, ship workers continue to struggle against gl...

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• See the recent book review by Joe Redmayne of 'Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century' by Ravi Ahuja (Verso, 2024): doi.org/10.1080/0308 [bsky, 13 points, 0 comments]

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