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Rethinking working-class history : Bengal, 1890 to 1940

Combines a history of the jute-mill workers of Calcutta with a fresh look at labor history in Marxist scholarship. This book examines the milieu of the jute-mill workers and the way it influenced their capacity for class solidarity and "revolutionary"���' action from 1890 to 1940.
Print Book, English, 2000, ©1989
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 2000, ©1989
History
xix, 245 pages ; 24 cm
9780691070308, 069107030X
1034958622
List of Tables ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii Abbreviations xix 1. Intoduction 3 2. Jute: The nature of the Industry 14 3. Of Conditions and Culture 65 4. The Paradox of Organization 116 5. Protest and Authority 155 6. Class and Community 186 7. Conclusion: Rethinking Working-Class History 219 Glossary 231 Bibliography 233 Index 243