Coolies of Capitalism : Assam Tea and the Making of Coolie Labour /

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""Coolie" is a generic category for the "unskilled" manual labour. The offering of services for hire had various pre-colonial lineages. In the nineteenth century there was an attempt to recast the term in discursive constructions and material practices for "mobilized-im...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Varma, Nitin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2016]
Colección:Work in global and historical perspective.
Temas:
Labor > India > History.
Working class > India > History.
Tea trade > India > Assam > History.
Travail > Inde > Histoire.
Travailleurs > Inde > Histoire.
Thé > Commerce > Inde > Assam > Histoire.
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia.
Labor
Tea trade
Working class
India
India > Assam
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Content
  • List of Tables and Graphs
  • List of Figures
  • Introduction
  • 1. Tea in the Colony
  • 2. Contracts, Contractors and Coolies
  • 3. Unpopular Assam
  • 4. Drink and Work
  • 5. Dustoor of Plantations
  • 6. Gandhi baba ka Hookum
  • 7. Epilogue
  • Bibliography.

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