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The Pearl Frontier: Indonesian Labor and Indigenous Encounters in Australia's Northern Trading Network
Martainez, Julia, Martinez, Julia, Vickers, Adrian
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Description for The Pearl Frontier: Indonesian Labor and Indigenous Encounters in Australia's Northern Trading Network
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1MBF; 3JH; HBJF; HBJM; JFSL9; KCLT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Remarkable for its meticulous archival research and moving life stories, the Pearl Frontier offers a new way of imagining Australian historical connections with Indonesia. This compelling view from below of maritime mobility demonstrates how, in the colonial quest for the valuable pearl-shell, Australians came to rely on the skill and labor of Indonesian islanders, drawing them into their northern pearling trade empire. From the 1860s onwards the pearl-shell industry developed alongside British colonial conquests across Australia's northern coast and prompted the Dutch to consolidate their hold over the Netherlands East Indies. Inspired by tales of pirates and priceless pearls, the ... Read more
Remarkable for its meticulous archival research and moving life stories, the Pearl Frontier offers a new way of imagining Australian historical connections with Indonesia. This compelling view from below of maritime mobility demonstrates how, in the colonial quest for the valuable pearl-shell, Australians came to rely on the skill and labor of Indonesian islanders, drawing them into their northern pearling trade empire. From the 1860s onwards the pearl-shell industry developed alongside British colonial conquests across Australia's northern coast and prompted the Dutch to consolidate their hold over the Netherlands East Indies. Inspired by tales of pirates and priceless pearls, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press,
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824840020
SKU
V9780824840020
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Ref
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About Martainez, Julia, Martinez, Julia, Vickers, Adrian
Julia Martinez is associate professor of history at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Adrian Vickers holds a personal chair in Southeast Asian Studies and is director of the Asian Studies Program at the University of Sydney, Australia.
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