Title Workers in bondage : the origins and bases of unfree labour in Queensland 1824-1916 / Kay Saunders.

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Description	1 online resource (xx, 213 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	UQ ePress Pacific studies series
	UQ ePress Pacific studies series.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	Workers in Bondage is primarily concerned with Queensland's Pacific Islander labour force, but it begins with the origins of servitude in Queensland during the convict era before separation from New South Wales in 1859. The book also deals with the reconstruction of the Queensland sugar industry after the withdrawal of Islander labour and describes the realities of white labour and the early trade union struggles in the sugar industry. First published in 1982, Workers in Bondage is based on thorough documentary research in archives and newspapers. Underlying the text is an analysis of labour m.
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Subject	Contract labor -- Australia -- Queensland -- History.
	Contract labor.
	Australia.
	Queensland.
	History.
	Forced labor -- Australia -- Queensland -- History.
	Forced labor.
	Queensland -- Social conditions.
	Social conditions.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Saunders, Kay, 1947- Workers in bondage. St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2011 9781921902109
ISBN	9781921902116 electronic book
	1921902116 electronic book
	9781921902109 electronic book
	1921902108 electronic book