Oceania under steam sea transport and the cultures of colonialism, c. 1870-1914
Oceania under steam is a lively study of empire and the Pacific in the age of steam. It connects the intimate details of shipboard life with the high politics of imperial ocean space to present a wealth of new insights into the significance of shipping and the sea in the everyday life of colonialism
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| Sprache: | English |
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Manchester
Manchester University Press
2011
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| Schriftenreihe: | Studies in imperialism
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Inhaltsangabe:
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I Afloat
- 1. Steam’s ‘magic touch’: routes, rivalries and regionalism in the Pacific
- 2. A ship of the line: cultures of maritime technology
- Part II Aboard
- 3. Crew culture: maritime men in an iron world
- 4. Labour, race and empire: debating the ‘lascar question’
- 5. Guardians and troublemakers: confining women at sea
- Part III Abroad
- 6. The tropical challenges of the island trades
- 7. Sitima days in Suva: wharf labourers and the colonial port
- 8. Indigenous maritime mobilities under colonial rule
- Conclusion
- Index