Lascars and Indian Ocean seafaring, 1780-1860 shipboard life, unrest and mutiny - Jaffer, Aaron ca. 20./21. Jh (Boydell & Brewer, 2015)
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Introduction -- Lascars ashore and afloat -- Motley crews -- What is 'mutiny'? -- Reconstructing shipboard life -- 1. Causes of Mutiny -- Abusive officers -- Welfare and wages -- Religious issues -- 2. Mutiny and Protest -- Non-mutinous forms of protest -- Ceremonies, festivals and demonstrations -- Collective refusals to work -- Attacks on officers -- 3. The Role of Intermediaries -- Spheres of responsibility -- Serangs, tindals and shipboard protest -- Manipulating mutiny -- 4. Seizing the Ship -- Reading crew testimony -- White mutineers -- Mutineer regimes -- Women aboard commandeered vessels -- 5. Mutiny, Politics and Diplomacy -- Staging mutiny -- Mutineers, chiefs and rajahs -- Apprehending mutineers -- Punishing mutineers -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Selected shipboard uprisings involving lascar crews -- Bibliography -- Index