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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790829603321

Autore

Lampe Evan

Titolo

Work, class, and power in the borderlands of the early American Pacific : the labors of empire / / Evan Lampe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-8242-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Disciplina

331.1209182/309034

Soggetti

Labor - Pacific Area - History

Pacific Area Commerce United States

United States Commerce Pacific Area

Pacific Area History

Pacific Area Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Pacific Area

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

WORK, CLASS, AND POWER IN THE BORDERLANDS OF THE EARLY AMERICAN PACIFIC; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Looking at the China Trade from Above and from Below; 2 Power, Resistance, and Culture on the American Pacific Merchant Ship; 3 The Sea Otter Fur Trade on the Northwest Coast of America: Trade, Work, and Power; 4 Stephen Reynolds in Honolulu: Community and Class in a Pacific Port; 5 The Canton Gated Community: Workers, Elite, and the China Trade; 6 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the nature of power and labor in the early American Pacific from the perspective of sailors, merchants, and the people they encounters across the Pacific. By looking at Honolulu, the merchant ship, Canton, the Whampoa anchorage and the northwest coast, this book considers the broader Pacific while not losing sight of the experiences of the individual sailors, laborers, and port-city denizens.