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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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Srivastava, Priyanka (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
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.