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Lost Worlds: Indian Labour and Its Forgotten Histories First Edition, Edition
Contributor(s): Joshi, Chitra (Author)
ISBN: 1843311283     ISBN-13: 9781843311287
Publisher: Anthem Press
OUR PRICE:   $109.25  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2005
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Annotation: Set against today's context of globalization and the decline of large-scale industry, Lost Worlds is a detailed exploration of the world of labour in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century South Asia.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia - India & South Asia
- Business & Economics | Labor
Dewey: 331.109
LCCN: 2005482248
Series: Anthem South Asian Studies (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.55 lbs) 380 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Indian
- Cultural Region - Asian
 
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Set against today's context of globalization and the decline of large-scale industry, Lost Worlds is a detailed exploration of the world of labour in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century South Asia. Using a wide range of oral and archival sources as well as popular literature, Chitra Joshi reconstructs working class lives, exploring their everyday worlds at the workplace and within community life, as well as their moments of conflict and struggle. In its analysis of the complex relationship between past and present, memory and history, culture and practice, community and nation, everyday life and moments of upheaval, this book represents a very significant academic contribution to labour history in South Asia.