Workers in the World: Indian Seafarers, c. 1870s-1940s

The expansion of British merchant shipping in the age of steam was stimulated by the employment of crews from the Indian subcontinent. Among the lowest paid in the industry, Indian seafarers were pioneering international workers who made up nearly a third of the British maritime workforce in 1937. L...

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Main Author: Gopalan Balachandran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) 2020-08-01
Series:Revista Mundos do Trabalho
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/mundosdotrabalho/article/view/1984-9222.2020.e76076

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