| Item Description: | List of figuresAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsMapsIntroductionPart I Afloat1. Steam's 'magic touch': routes, rivalries and regionalism in the Pacific2. A ship of the line: cultures of maritime technologyPart II Aboard3. Crew culture: maritime men in an iron world4. Labour, race and empire: debating the 'lascar question'5. Guardians and troublemakers: confining women at seaPart III Abroad6. The tropical challenges of the island trades7. Sitima days in Suva: wharf labourers and the colonial port8. Indigenous maritime mobilities under colonial ruleConclusionIndex. |
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