{"product_id":"shipping-lords-and-coolie-stokers-ravi-ahuja-9781804293515","title":"Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eA TRAGIC SHIPPING ACCIDENT OPENS A WINDOW ON RACIALIZED LABOUR MANAGEMENT IN AN AGE OF IMPERIALISM\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ravi Ahuja\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1804293512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781804293515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Ravi Ahuja","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46136185028863,"sku":"9781804293515","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_03572c8c-8529-4721-b506-c33f8391f0ca.jpg?v=1726415936","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shipping-lords-and-coolie-stokers-ravi-ahuja-9781804293515","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}