| ID | 121981 |
| Title Proper | Local bondage in global economies |
| Other Title Information | servants, wage earners, and indentured migrants in nineteenth-century France, Great Britain, and the Mascarene islands |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Stanziani, Alessandro |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper compares the definitions, practices, and legal constraints on labour in Britain, France, Mauritius, and Reunion Island in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It argues that the way in which indentured labour was defined and practised in the colonies was linked to the definition and practice of wage labour in Europe and that their development was interconnected. The types of bondage that existed in the colonies were extreme forms of the notion, practices, and rules of labour in Europe. It would have been impossible to develop the indenture contract in the British and French empires if wage earners in Britain and France had not been servants. The conceptions and practices of labour in Europe and its main colonies influenced each other and were part of a global dynamic. |
| `In' analytical Note | Modern Asian Studies Vol. 47, No.4; Jul 2013: p.1218-1251 |
| Journal Source | Modern Asian Studies Vol. 47, No.4; Jul 2013: p.1218-1251 |
| Key Words | Britain ; France ; Mauritius ; Reunion Island ; Nineteenth Centuries ; Europe ; Wage Labour ; Global Economies |