Workers in bondage : the origins and bases of unfree labour in Queensland 1824-1916 / Kay Saunders.
Workers in Bondage is primarily concerned with Queensland's Pacific Islander labour force, but it begins with the origins of servitude in Queensland during the convict era before separation from New South Wales in 1859. The book also deals with the reconstruction of the Queensland sugar industr...
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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St Lucia, Qld. :
University of Queensland Press,
2011.
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| Series: | UQ ePress Pacific studies series.
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| Summary: | Workers in Bondage is primarily concerned with Queensland's Pacific Islander labour force, but it begins with the origins of servitude in Queensland during the convict era before separation from New South Wales in 1859. The book also deals with the reconstruction of the Queensland sugar industry after the withdrawal of Islander labour and describes the realities of white labour and the early trade union struggles in the sugar industry. First published in 1982, Workers in Bondage is based on thorough documentary research in archives and newspapers. Underlying the text is an analysis of labour m. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 213 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781921902116 1921902116 9781921902109 1921902108 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |