Global Capital and Peripheral Labour: The History and Political Economy of Plantation Workers i...
ISBN: 9780415551038 | 041555103X
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge
Pub. Date: 2/5/2010
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This 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 interprets the dynamics of plantation capitalism.
| List of tables | p. vii |
| Preface | p. ix |
| Abbreviations | p. xi |
| Peripheral labour: Theoretical premises | p. 1 |
| Periphery in the making | p. 19 |
| Structure, dynamics and the hegemony of European capital | p. 47 |
| Plantation worker-families: Sources, social origins and gender divisions | p. 66 |
| Slaves reborn? The disciplinary-punishment regime | p. 86 |
| Global... MORE | p. 102 |
| Identities, historical consciousness and conflicts | p. 127 |
| The Post-colonial State: Re-alignment in Power Relations? | p. 146 |
| Colonial legacy and neo-liberal predicaments: Concluding remarks | p. 162 |
| Glossary | p. 173 |
| Notes | p. 175 |
| Bibliography | p. 239 |
| Index | p. 266 |
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