The Pearl Frontier : : Indonesian Labor and Indigenous Encounters in Australia's Northern Trading Network / / Adrian Vickers, Julia Martínez.
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, Austr...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 20 illustrations, 2 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Pearl Frontier
- Chapter One: Border-Crossing on the Pearl Frontier
- Chapter Two: The Birth of the Pearling Zone, 1860-1890
- Chapter Three: Maritime Mobility in Eastern Indonesia
- Chapter Four: Master Pearlers on Both Sides of the Frontier
- Chapter Five: Labor Migration to North Australia, 1901-1941
- Chapter Six: Challenging Social Segregation
- Chapter Seven: War on the Pearl Frontier
- Chapter Eight: Disputed Borders on the Pearl Frontier
- Chapter Nine: Marriage and Australian Citizenship
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index