Frances Steel

Oceania under steam

Sea transport and the cultures of colonialism, c. 1870-1914

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9781526106568
• ISBN-10: 1526106566
• Artikelnr.: 45608134

Autorenporträt

Frances Steel is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Wollongong

Inhaltsangabe

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