{"product_id":"9781804293515","title":"Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers : Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century by Ravi Ahuja","description":"When eighty-seven passengers and crew died in the shipwreck of the Royal Mail ship Egypt in 1922, the accident gave rise to a racist international press campaign against the employment of Indian seafarers, such as those who made up most of the ship's crew. This was not unusual at a time when a fifth of the British mercantile marine's workforce was recruited from the subcontinent. Ravi Ahuja explains the business logic behind a labour regime steeped in racist irrationalism and examines the scope for solidarity among a divided workforce in an age of imperialism - an issue that is no less relevant in our own time.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56306929893749,"sku":"9781804293515","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781804293515.jpg?v=1762802536","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781804293515","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}