The first full examination of the English trade in indentured servants, who paid for their transportation and keep, and continued to work unpaid for years on th

This title presents a full examination of the English trade in indentured servants, who paid for their transportation and keep, and continued to work unpaid for

Covering a broad chronology from the colonial era to the present, this volume’s 28 chapters reflect the diverse approaches, interests and findings of an inter

Ingenious Trade recovers the intricate stories of the young women who came to London in the late seventeenth century to earn their own living, most often with t

This book critically examines the question of migration that appears at the intersection of global neo-liberal transformation, postcolonial politics, and econom