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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456972703321

Autore

Ravi Raman K.

Titolo

Global capital and peripheral labour : the history and political economy of plantation workers in India / / K. Ravi Raman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-19657-5

1-135-19658-3

1-282-57663-1

9786612576638

0-203-86981-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Collana

Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

Disciplina

331.7630954

Soggetti

Plantation workers - India

Globalization - India

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Peripheral labour: Theoretical premises; 2 Periphery in the making; 3 Structure, dynamics and the hegemony of European capital; 4 Plantation worker-families: Sources, social origins and gender divisions; 5 Slaves reborn?: The disciplinary-punishment regime; 6 Global accumulation, local immiserisation; 7 Identities, historical consciousness and conflicts; 8 The Post-colonial State: Re-alignment in Power Relations?; 9 Colonial legacy and neo-liberal predicaments: Concluding remarks; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography

Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a historical account of plantations in India in the context of the modern world economy. It brings history up to the present, thereby showing how history can assist in explaining contemporary conditions and trends. The author focuses on labour and economic development problems and uses the World Systems theory so as to demonstrate the practical utility of the theory and its limitations as a guide to historical research. Based on extensive archival research,



the book interprets the dynamics of plantation capitalism by focusing on the work, life and struggle of the d