Workplace relations in colonial Bengal : the jute industry and Indian labour 1870s-1930s / Anna Sailer.

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

©2022

xiii, 293 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

"This book connects the history of labour movements with the transformation of workplace relations in South Asia from the late nineteenth 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, Workplace relations in Colonial Bengal 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Sailer, Anna. Workplace relations in colonial Bengal New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

English

May 12, 2022

Critical perspectives in South Asian history

Includes bibliographical references and index.