In the sweltering confines of a steamship’s boilers: the labour of “lascars” in the British merchant navy
Book Review: AHUJA, Ravi. Shipping lords and coolie stokers: class, race, and maritime capitalism in the early twentieth century.
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https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-9222.2025.e108614Keywords:
Racial management, Merchant navy, Subaltern workersAbstract
Book Review: AHUJA, Ravi. Shipping lords and coolie stokers: class, race, and maritime capitalism in the early twentieth century. London; New York: Verso, 2024.
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