Writing labour : stone quarry workers in Delhi /

Writing labour : stone quarry workers in Delhi /

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Author / Creator:Talib, Mohammad.
Imprint:New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description:xiv, 278 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Quarries and quarrying -- India -- Delhi -- Employees.
Working class -- India -- Delhi.
Quarries and quarrying -- Employees.
Working class.
India -- Delhi.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8457175
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ISBN:9780198067719
0198067712
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-268) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Living Off the Stones: Conditions of Life
  • 2. Thinking through the Stones: Workers' Images and Expressions
  • 3. Stirrings in the Stones: Collective Protests and Struggles
  • 4. Dots on the Stones: Personal Profiles
  • 5. Sites of World-Making: Ideology and Contestations
  • 6. Being with the Stone Quarry Workers: Field Reminiscences and Reflections
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index

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