{"product_id":"among-australias-pioneers-margaret-slocomb-9781452524801","title":"Among Australia's Pioneers: Chinese Indentured Pastoral Workers on the Northern Frontier 1848 to C.1880","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe almost simultaneous abolition of the slave trade and the cessation of convict transportation to the colony of New South Wales?now eastern mainland Australia?started a quest by the squatter pastoralists for alternative sources of cheap labor for their vast sheep runs. Over a period of five years, beginning from 1848, around three thousand Chinese men and boys from Fujian Province were recruited under conditions little different from the slave trade.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAmong Australia's Pioneers\u003c\/i\u003e, author Margaret Slocomb focuses on the experiences of approximately two hundred of these Chinese laborers between 1848 and 1853. Her research examines their working conditions during the five-year indenture period and also traces the lives of several of the men who, at the end of their contract, chose to remain in those districts, which, by then, had become familiar to them. Perhaps they regarded themselves as pioneer immigrants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlocomb recounts the experiences of these men on the dangerous northern frontier of European settlement. While some succumbed to the despair and loneliness of a shepherd's life, others survived their indenture and went on to play an important role in the emerging society of the new colony of Queensland. They may certainly be counted among the nation's pioneers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Slocomb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1452524807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781452524801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Balboa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d","brand":"Margaret Slocomb","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439209492735,"sku":"9781452524801","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b499391-9308-408b-b50a-7b5ea6be0389.jpg?v=1777176182","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/among-australias-pioneers-margaret-slocomb-9781452524801","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}