The Overseer State by Sascha Auerbach
In this compelling work, Sascha Auerbach offers a bold new historical interpretation of late-stage slavery, its long-term legacies, and its entanglement with the development of the modern state. In the wake of abolition, from the Caribbean to southern Africa to Southeast Asia, a fusion of government authority and private industry replaced the iron chains of slavery with equally powerful fetters of law and regulation. This 'overseer-state' helped move, often through deceptive and coercive methods, millions of Indian and Chinese indentured laborers across Britain's imperial possessions. With a perspective that ranges from Parliament to the plantation, the book brings to light the fascinating and terrifying history of the world's first truly global labor system, those who struggled under its heavy yoke, and the bitter legacies left in its wake.-
Lucky Valley
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The Cultural Politics of Obeah
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Drawing the Global Colour Line
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Scandal of Colonial Rule
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Unsettled Subjects
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Taking Liberty
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Ocean of Letters
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Violence and Colonial Order
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Colonization and the Origins of Humanitarian Governance
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Subaltern Lives
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The Roots of English Colonialism in Ireland
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Soldiers of Uncertain Rank
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Imperial Underworld
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Colonising Disability
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Imperial Russia's Muslims
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Intimate Strangers
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The Imperial Security State
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Decolonisation and the Pacific
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England Re-Oriented
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Imperial Emotions
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Colonial Relations
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The Anticolonial Front
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Strolling Players of Empire
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Colonial Caregivers
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Gentlemanly Terrorists
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Protecting the Empire's Humanity
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To Be Free and French
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The Company's Sword
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The Body of the Conquistador
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Empire, Kinship and Violence
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Transatlantic Abolitionism in the Age of Revolution
'This brilliant book about systems of labour governance across the British empire from late slavery through systems of indenture transforms our understanding of labour history and the world-historical context of workers' demands for recognition of their rights and needs as human beings' Marilyn Lake, author of Drawing the Global Colour Line
'A compelling account of the overseer-state across wide swaths of the British Empire. In this impressively researched book, Sascha Auerbach documents how the British state took on the role of labour management and control in its Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Southeast Asian colonies as a result of amelioration, apprenticeship, and indenture.' Gad Heuman, The Caribbean: A Brief History
'This is an ambitious, erudite, world-spanning book that promises and fully deserves to become a foundational text in our understanding of the British imperial world.' Philip Harling, The English Historical Review
'A compelling account of the overseer-state across wide swaths of the British Empire. In this impressively researched book, Sascha Auerbach documents how the British state took on the role of labour management and control in its Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Southeast Asian colonies as a result of amelioration, apprenticeship, and indenture.' Gad Heuman, The Caribbean: A Brief History
'This is an ambitious, erudite, world-spanning book that promises and fully deserves to become a foundational text in our understanding of the British imperial world.' Philip Harling, The English Historical Review
Sascha Auerbach is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Nottingham and a former Fullbright Scholar and Leverhulme Trust Fellow. He is the author of Armed with Sword and Scales (2022) and Race, Law and 'The Chinese Puzzle' in Imperial Britain (2009).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781009315760 |
| ISBN 10 | 1009315765 |
| Title | The Overseer State |
| Author | Sascha Auerbach |
| Series | Critical Perspectives On Empire |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2026-05-14 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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