Lascars and Indian Ocean seafaring, 1780-1860 : shipboard life, unrest and mutiny /: shipboard life, unrest and mutiny. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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