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coolie
(redirected from Coolie trade)

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coolie, cooly
1. a cheaply hired unskilled Oriental labourer
2. Derogatory an Indian living in South Africa


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1982, Ch'ing Policy Toward the Coolie Trade, 1847-1878, Taipei: Chinese Materials Center.
Positioning strategies of Southeast Asian Chinese entrepreneurs (1) by Wong, Tiong Chong / Journal of Contemporary Asia
The incident, a footnote in Japan's diplomatic history, gave the Meiji government an opportunity to assert itself in the Western diplomatic community by taking a principled stand against the coolie trade.
A Yankee in Meiji Japan: The Crusading Journalist Edward H. House by Eskildsen, Robert / Pacific Affairs
The history of Chinese in the Western Hemisphere is also one of persecution, especially the brutal coolie trade and pernicious living conditions and work in Peruvian
Migrations and Cultures: A World View by Moch, Leslie Page / Journal of Social History
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