Priest in Deep Water

Charles Hopkins and the 1911 Seamen's Strike
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-7188-9232-6
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 140 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 327 g

Reihe: The Lutterworth Press

An account of the remarkable life of Charles Plomer Hopkins, the maritime chaplain and trades unionist who led the first international seamen's strike.

This book is an introduction to the remarkable life of Charles Plomer Hopkins. Charles Plomer Hopkins, a Victorian church organist, called by circumstance to a seamenís chaplaincy on the Indian sub-continent, eventually achieved an unlikely apotheosis in his announcement and leadership of the first, and, so far, only international seamenís strike.

'The extraordinary effect of Hopkinsís ministry among seafarers on his own and other churches is only now beginning to be appreciated. His influence was profound. His troubles, often of his own manufacture, were great. It seemed apt to entitle his life story Priest in Deep Water, its ambiguity encapsulating both the general thrust of his ministry and the particular troubles by which it was dogged.'
From the Introduction.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miller, Robert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I Early Contacts with Sailors

II Port Chaplain in Rangoon

III Hopkins in Akyab

IV London Interlude

V In Calcutta

VI Meeting Havelock Wilson 1894-1900

VII Towards a Strike 1900-1911

VIII The Strike

IX After the Strike

X Conclusion

Bibliography