Shallow Blue Empire: A History of Pearl Diving in the Indian Ocean, 1850-1930 (Harvard Historical Studies) Consignment seductive violence

seductive violence

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1944年存在主義者沙特說了一句悖論：「被德國佔領時，是我們最自由的時候。」他想表達的意思大抵是佔領時期那樣極端的社會狀態，個人選擇有可能導致死亡，於是每個人才真正體會到所謂自由究竟是什麼意思。」字面上的意義不難明白，實際意義今天才感覺到。

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Shallow Blue Empire: A History of Pearl Diving in the Indian Ocean, 1850-1930 (Harvard Historical Studies) Consignment seductive violenceIn the late nineteenth century, thousands of men and boys across the northern rim of the Indian Ocean dove daily to the ocean floor in search of pearl bearing oysters. It was the height of the so called global pearl boom, driven by enormous demand for pearls in Europe and North America. Far removed from the showrooms of New York, London, and Paris, these divers drew on skills and expertise handed down across generations to conduct the dangerous work