Workplace Relations in Colonial Bengal - The Jute Industry and Indian Labour 1870s-1930s

This book connects the history of labour movements with the transformation of workplace relations in South Asia from the late 19th century to the 1930s. Contending that labour conflicts in the Bengal jute industry must be understood against the backdrop of a radical change in the organisation of work in this period, Sailer shows how this led to a rupture in worker''s relations in the workplace and beyond. Moving away from polarities such as class/culture or modernity/tradition and reconsidering the context around industrial conflicts in this period, offers a new framework to analyse the changing organisation of work in colonial India, and identifies the implications for worker relations both inside and outside the factory. Focusing on a major colonial era industry, this book opens up new perspectives n the history of workers and colonial capitalism in modern India.>

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• Authors: Anna Sailer
• Assisted by: Janaki Nair (Editor), Mrinalini Sinha (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9781350233560
• ISBN: 978-1-350-23356-0
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 232 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Critical Perspectives in South; Critical Perspectives in South Asian History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Social History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Colonialism & imperialism, Asian History, Industrialisation & Industrial History, HISTORY / Asia / South / General