Author: Chandavarkar Rajnarayan
Place: Cambridge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 1994
Pages: 468
ISBN: 978-0-521-05143-9
Subject: Bombay/ Mumbai
Sub-Subject: History
Keyword: Rajnarayan Chandavarkar, Economic Development, Bombay, Capitalism, Rural Origins
Classification: 305.5
Shelf: `
Accession No: B669
Contents: Contents : Acknowledgements; list of Abbreviations; Glossary; Map 1 Western India, 1931; Map 2 municipal wards and districts of Bombay city, 1931; 1. Problems and perspectives; 2. The setting : Bombay city and its hinterland; 3. The structure and development of the labour market; 4. Migration and the rural connections of Bombay`s workers; 5. Girangaon : the social organisation of the working – class neighbourhoods; 6. The development of the cotton – textile industry; 8. Rationalizing work, standardizing labour ; the limits of reform in the cotton – textile industry; 9. Epilogue : workers politics – class caste and nation; bibliography; Index.
Abstract: In this book, Rajnarayan Chandavarkar offers the first comprehensive study of the interplay between labor and capital in India’s early twentieth-century economic development. He delves into the rise of capitalism in the region, examining the growth of the cotton textile industry, its challenges during the 1920s and 1930s, and the responses of mill owners and the state. Additionally, the author explores the formation of the labor force in Bombay, tracing its rural origins, urban connections, and industrial organization, while highlighting how these factors influenced capitalist strategies.