Unfree Workers: Insubordination and Resistance in Convict Australia, 1788-1860 - Couverture souple

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Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish; Quinlan, Michael

 
9789811675607: Unfree Workers: Insubordination and Resistance in Convict Australia, 1788-1860
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ISBN 10 : 9811675600 ISBN 13 : 9789811675607
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

Synopsis

This book examines how convicts played a key role in the development of capitalism in Australia and how their active resistance shaped both workplace relations and institutions. It highlights the contribution of convicts to worker mobilization and political descent, forcing a rethink of Australia’s foundational story. It is a book that will appeal to an international audience, as well as the many hundreds of thousands of Australians who can trace descent from convicts. It will enable the latter to make sense of the experience of their ancestors, equipping them with the necessary tools to understand convict and court records. It will also provide a valuable undergraduate and postgraduate teaching tool and reference for those studying unfree labour and worker history, social history, colonization and global migration in a digital age.

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À propos de l?auteur

Hamish Maxwell-Stewart is a professor of heritage and digital history at the University of New England, Australia. He has researched and published extensively on the history of convict transportation including its connections with slavery and other unfree labour systems.

Michael Quinlan is emeritus professor of industrial relations at UNSW, Australia, as well as holding posts at the University of Tasmania, Australia, and Middlesex University, UK. He has researched and published extensively on the history and regulation of work (including occupational health and safety) and worker organisation.

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Éditeur
Palgrave Macmillan
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9811675600
ISBN 13 
9789811675607
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
368
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9789811675577: Unfree Workers: Insubordination and Resistance in Convict Australia, 1788-1860

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ISBN 10 :  9811675570 ISBN 13 :  9789811675577
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022
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