Unfree Workers: Insubordination and Resistance in Convict Australia, 1788-1860

by Hamish Maxwell-Stewart and Michael Quinlan

This book examines how convicts played a key role in the development of capitalism in Australia and how their active resistance shaped both workplace relations and institutions. It highlights the contribution of convicts to worker mobilization and political descent, forcing a rethink of Australia's foundational story. It is a book that will appeal to an international audience, as well as the many hundreds of thousands of Australians who can trace...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811675600
• ISBN13: 9789811675607
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 349 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"