Lascars and Indian Ocean seafaring, 1780-1860 : shipboard life, unrest and mutiny /: shipboard life, unrest and mutiny. (2015)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Lascars and Indian Ocean seafaring, 1780-1860 : shipboard life, unrest and mutiny /: shipboard life, unrest and mutiny. (2015)
- Main Title:
- Lascars and Indian Ocean seafaring, 1780-1860 : shipboard life, unrest and mutiny
- Further Information:
- Note: Aaron Jaffer.
- Authors:
- Jaffer, Aaron
- Contents:
- Introduction -- Lascars ashore and afloat -- Motley crews -- What is 'mutiny'? -- Reconstructing shipboard life -- 1. Causes of Mutiny -- Abusive officers -- Welfare and wages -- Religious issues -- 2. Mutiny and Protest -- Non-mutinous forms of protest -- Ceremonies, festivals and demonstrations -- Collective refusals to work -- Attacks on officers -- 3. The Role of Intermediaries -- Spheres of responsibility -- Serangs, tindals and shipboard protest -- Manipulating mutiny -- 4. Seizing the Ship -- Reading crew testimony -- White mutineers -- Mutineer regimes -- Women aboard commandeered vessels -- 5. Mutiny, Politics and Diplomacy -- Staging mutiny -- Mutineers, chiefs and rajahs -- Apprehending mutineers -- Punishing mutineers -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Selected shipboard uprisings involving lascar crews -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Publisher Details:
- Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : The Boydell Press
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xi, 237 pages)
- Subjects:
- 331.7613875
Sailors -- India
Seafaring life
Mutiny
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations
Mutiny
Sailors
Seafaring life
India
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781782045939
1782045937
1783270381
9781783270385 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781783270385
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-224) and index.
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