Preface; 1. Beginnings: indentured labor, slavery, and free migration; Focus and scope of this study; 2. Demands: from slavery to indentured labor; The new imperial economy; 3. Supplies: Africa; China; India; Pacific Islands; Japan; Female Migrants; 4. Voyages: Ships and regulations; Routes and experiences; Mortality and its causes; Trends; 5. Indentures: periods and destinations; Costs, productivity, and profits; The migrants' experience; Remuneration and repatriation; 6. Conclusions: The end of indenture; The aftermath.
The first comprehensive, global survey of the indentured labour trade of 1834–1922.
"Northrup is successful in presenting a gloabla picture of the indentured labor trade....this is the first book of its kind, and it is a commendable beginning." Bernard Moitt, The International Journal of African History
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