List of figures
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Maps
Introduction
Part I Afloat
1. Steam's 'magic touch': routes, rivalries and regionalism in the Pacific
2. A ship of the line: cultures of maritime technology
Part II Aboard
3. Crew culture: maritime men in an iron world
4. Labour, race and empire: debating the 'lascar question'
5. Guardians and troublemakers: confining women at sea
Part III Abroad
6. The tropical challenges of the island trades
7. Sitima days in Suva: wharf labourers and the colonial port
8. Indigenous maritime mobilities under colonial rule
Conclusion
Index