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Subject(s)

• Plantation workers—India [Browse]
• Globalization—India [Browse]

Series

Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series [More in this series]

Summary note

This book presents a historical account of plantations in India in the context of the modern world economy. It brings history up to the present, thereby showing how history can assist in explaining contemporary conditions and trends. The author focuses on labour and economic development problems and uses the World Systems theory so as to demonstrate the practical utility of the theory and its limitations as a guide to historical research. Based on extensive archival research, the book interprets the dynamics of plantation capitalism by focusing on the work, life and struggle of the d

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Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Peripheral labour: Theoretical premises; 2 Periphery in the making; 3 Structure, dynamics and the hegemony of European capital; 4 Plantation worker-families: Sources, social origins and gender divisions; 5 Slaves reborn?: The disciplinary-punishment regime; 6 Global accumulation, local immiserisation; 7 Identities, historical consciousness and conflicts; 8 The Post-colonial State: Re-alignment in Power Relations?; 9 Colonial legacy and neo-liberal predicaments: Concluding remarks; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography
• Index

ISBN

• 1-135-19657-5
• 1-135-19658-3
• 1-282-57663-1
• 9786612576638
• 0-203-86981-8

OCLC

609634704

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203869819

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