Does class matter? : colonial capital and workers' resistance in Bengal, 1890-1937 /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Basu, Subho.
Imprint:New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2004.
Description:ix, 316 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5612498
Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:0195665996
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-300) and index.
Summary:With reference to Bengal, India.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Rural-urban Migration, Caste, Religion, and Class: Situating Workers' Politics in the Bengal Jute Industry 1890-1937
  • 3. The Manager Raj and Local Elites: Collaboration and Confrontation in the Administration of Mill Towns, 1880-1930
  • 4. Strikes, Riots, and Swadeshi Unions, 1890-1908
  • 5. Price Rises, Protest, and Nationalist Mobilization: The Khilafat and Non-cooperation Movements, 1918-1922
  • 6. Labour Politics and the Rise of the Socialist Movement in Bengal, 1923-29
  • 7. The Coming of Provincial Autonomy: Labour Militancy and Changes in Bengal Politics.