Cantitate/Preț
Produs

Empire, Industry and Class: The Imperial Nexus of Jute, 1840-1940: Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies Series

Autor Anthony Cox
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 iul 2015
Presenting a new approach towards the social history of working classes in the imperial context, this book looks at the formation of working classes in Scotland and Bengal. It analyses the trajectory of labour market formation, labour supervision, cultures of labour and class formation between two regional economies – one in an imperial country and the other in a colonial one.
The book examines the everyday lives of the jute workers of the imperial nexus, and the impact of the ‘Dundee School’ of Scottish mechanics, engineers and managers who ran the Calcutta jute industry. It goes on to challenge existing theories of imperialism, class formation and class struggle – particularly those that underline the exceptional nature of the Indian experience of industrialization - and demonstrates how and why Empire was able to provide an opportunity to test and perfect ways of controlling the lower classes of Dundee. These historical debates have a continued relevance as we observe the impact of globalization and rapid industrialization in the so-called developing world and the accompanying changes in many areas of the developed world marked by de-industrialization. The book is of use to scholars of imperial history, labour history, British history and South Asian history.
Citește tot Restrânge

Toate formatele și edițiile

Toate formatele și edițiile Preț Express
Paperback (1) 41432 lei  6-8 săpt.
  Taylor & Francis – 18 iul 2015 41432 lei  6-8 săpt.
Hardback (1) 106298 lei  6-8 săpt.
  Taylor & Francis – 12 dec 2012 106298 lei  6-8 săpt.

Din seria Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies Series

Preț: 41432 lei

Nou

Puncte Express: 621

Preț estimativ în valută:
7930 8247$ 6636£

Carte tipărită la comandă

Livrare economică 15-29 martie

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781138948365
ISBN-10: 1138948365
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 10 black & white tables, 2 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies Series

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate

Cuprins

Introduction 1. The making and re-making of the imperial nexus of jute, 1840-1940 2. The coming of the up-countrymen: labour conditions and class formation in the Bengal jute industry, 1875-1910 3. The making of Juteopolis and the imperial nexus of jute, 1875-1910 4. Working class militancy and labor politics in Juteopolis, 1885-1923 5. Challenging the jute wallahs: Non-Co-operation, communism and the Marwaris, 1918-30 6. The imperial nexus and labor politics in Dundee during the 1920s 7. The breaking of the Dundee-Calcutta nexus, 1930-40 8. Conclusion

Notă biografică

Anthony Cox is currently involved in teaching at the Centre of Continuing Education at Dundee University, UK. His research interests include comparative labour history and eighteenth century Scottish radicalism.

Recenzii

'A valuable contribution to scholars of Imperial, labour, British and East Asian history... [and] above all else a significant addition to the histories of Dundee, Calcutta, the jute industry and, uniquely, to the relationship between them.' - Mike Arnott, Secretary, Dundee Trades Union Council, DL Scotland.
"The book provides a vivid challenge to the 'remarkable' story of the jute school of history, with a telling remonder of its toxic legacy for the peoples of Calcutta and Dundee" - W.W.J Knox, The University of St. Andrews
"The book is an important contribution to the history of labor in Britain, India, and the British Empire. It uses the "twin cities" of jute, Dundee and Calcutta, to examine the working-class experience in an imperial context.[...] Labor historians will likely be the main audience for this book, but scholars interested in imperial history will be rewarded with a good example of comparative history that recovers the experiences of everyday people living in, and traveling across, imperial spaces." Jonathan E. Robins, Michigan Technological University, Published on H-Empire (December, 2013)


 

Descriere

Presenting a new approach towards the social history of working classes in the imperial context, this book looks at the formation of working classes in Scotland and Bengal. It analyses the trajectory of labour market formation, labour supervision, cultures of labour and class formation between two regional economies – one in an imperial country and the other in a colonial one.