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

A TRAGIC SHIPPING ACCIDENT OPENS A WINDOW ON RACIALIZED LABOUR MANAGEMENT IN AN AGE OF IMPERIALISM 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.

• | Author: Ravi Ahuja
• | Publisher: Verso Books
• | Publication Date: Dec 17, 2024
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781804293515
• | ISBN-10: 1804293512