The Well-Being of the Labor Force in Colonial Bombay Discourses and Practices /
This study draws on extensive archival research to explore the social history of industrial labor in colonial India through the lens of well-being. Focusing on the cotton millworkers in Bombay in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the book moves beyond trade union politics and examin...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2018.
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Έκδοση: | 1st ed. 2018. |
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Political Economy of the Textile Industry and Its Labor
- 3. Industrial Housing and Sanitation Policies
- 4. Social Service, The Civic Ethic, and Labor Welfare
- 5. Welfare Rhetoric and Maternal Bodies: Protective Legislation Debates in Colonial Bombay
- 6. Childbirth, Childcare, and Women Millworkers
- 7. Epilogue.