TY  - BOOK
AU  - Strecker, Mark
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2014//
TI  - Shanghaiing sailors: a maritime history of forced labor; 1849 - 1915
PB  - McFarland & Co
CY  - Jefferson, NC
KW  - Shanghaiing
KW  - Sailors
KW  - Crimes against
KW  - History
KW  - Merchant mariners
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Seafaring life
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Forced labor
KW  - 19th century
AB  - "Shanghaiing," or the forcing of a man to become part of the crew of a merchant ship against his will, plagued the seafaring world between 1849 and 1915. The merchant ships were involved in such trade as opium, tea and gold and the practice was spurred by the opening of the Suez Canal. --
SN  - 9780786494514
LA  - English
N1  - Mark Strecker
ID  - 1610083059
ER  -