Coolies of Capitalism : Assam Tea and the Making of Coolie Labour /
""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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| Language: | English |
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München ; Wien :
De Gruyter Oldenbourg,
2016
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Table of Contents:
- 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.
