LEADER 03175oam 2200673I 450 001 9910781047703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-19657-5 010 $a1-135-19658-3 010 $a1-282-57663-1 010 $a9786612576638 010 $a0-203-86981-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203869819 035 $a(CKB)2550000000006771 035 $a(EBL)481126 035 $a(OCoLC)609634704 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000360579 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11305295 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000360579 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10326865 035 $a(PQKB)10147006 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC481126 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL481126 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10370121 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL257663 035 $a(OCoLC)609634704 035 $a(PPN)198462085 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000006771 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGlobal capital and peripheral labour $ethe history and political economy of plantation workers in India /$fK. Ravi Raman 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (286 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge Contemporary South Asia Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-62739-7 311 $a0-415-55103-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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 327 $aIndex 330 $aThis book presents a historical account of plantations in India in the context of the modern world economy. It brings history up to the present, thereby showing how history can assist in explaining contemporary conditions and trends. The author focuses on labour and economic development problems and uses the World Systems theory so as to demonstrate the practical utility of the theory and its limitations as a guide to historical research. Based on extensive archival research, the book interprets the dynamics of plantation capitalism by focusing on the work, life and struggle of the d 410 0$aRoutledge Contemporary South Asia Series 606 $aPlantation workers$zIndia 606 $aGlobalization$zIndia 615 0$aPlantation workers 615 0$aGlobalization 676 $a331.7630954 700 $aRavi Raman$b K.$0894120 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781047703321 996 $aGlobal capital and peripheral labour$93862570 997 $aUNINA