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Introduction: Resisting Bondage In The Indian Ocean World / Gwyn Campbell, Edward A. Alpers And Michael Salman -- Revolt In Cape Colony Slave Society / Nigel Worden -- Unfree Labour, Forced Labour And Resistance Among The Zigula Of The Lower Juba / Francesca Declich -- Forced Labour And The 1856 Revolt On Mayotta / Isabelle Denis -- Unfree Labour, Slavery And Protest In Imperial Madagascar / Gwyn Campbell -- Forced Labour In Madagascar Under Vichy, 1940-42: Autarky, Forced Labour And Resistance On The Red Island / Eric Jennings -- Sugar And Servility: Themes Of Forced Labour, Resistance And Accommodation In Mid-nineteenth-century Java / G. Roger Knight -- Forced Labourers And Their Resistance In Java Under Japanese Military Rule, 1942-45 / Shigeru Sato -- 'unfree' Labour On The Cattle Stations Of Northern Australia, The Tea Gardens Of Assam And The Rubber Plantations Of Indo-china, 1920-50 / Robert Castle, Jim Hagan And Andrew Wells. Edited By Edward Alpers, Gwyn Campbell And Michael Salman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
This volume investigates the diverse methods and motivations behind resistance to unfree labor systems across the Indian Ocean world from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. The editors, Edward A. Alpers, Gwyn Campbell, and Michael Salman, compile a series of scholarly essays that examine how enslaved and forced laborers navigated, challenged, and survived oppressive regimes. By focusing on specific regional case studies, the authors argue that resistance was not merely a singular act of rebellion but a complex spectrum of behaviors ranging from daily accommodation to organized revolt.
What You Will Find
Scholars and historians identify this collection as a significant contribution to the study of labor history within the Indian Ocean littoral. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the rigorous use of primary source documentation to support the editors' arguments.
Page Count:
128
Publication Date:
2007-01-01
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10:
0203968247
ISBN-13:
9780203968246
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