Author: Chandavarkar Rajnarayan
Place: United Kingdom
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 1998
Pages: 388
ISBN: 0-521-59692-0
Subject: Bombay/ Mumbai
Sub-Subject: History
Keyword: Revisionist Analysis, Industrial capitalism, Colonialism, Labor Movements, Economic Transformation
Classification: 711.4
Shelf: C2R4
Accession No: B655
Contents: Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Glossary 1- Introduction 2- Industrialization in India before 1947: Conventional approaches and alternative perspectives 3- workers, trade unions and the state in colonial India 4- workers politics and the mill districts in Bombay between the wars 5- workers, violence and the colonial state : representation, repression and resistance 6- Police and public order in Bombay, 1880-1947 7- Plague panic and epidemic politics in India, 1896-1914 8- Indian nationalism, 1914-1947: Gandhain rhetoric, the congress and the working classes 9- South Asia and world capitalism : towards a social history of Labour Bibliography Index
Abstract: “Imperial Power and Popular Politics: Class, Resistance and the State in India, 850-1950” examines the complex relationship between industrialization, labor movements, colonial governance, and political change in India. The book explores the role of workers and trade unions within the colonial state, focusing on key mill districts like Bombay. It analyzes worker politics, state repression, and the impact of public health crises like the 1896 plague. Additionally, it examines the intersection of Indian nationalism, Gandhi’s rhetoric, and labor movements. Situating South Asia in the global capitalist system, the work provides new insights into India’s labor history and political struggles.