Coolies of Capitalism Assam Tea and the Making of Coolie Labour

Coolie labour was often proclaimed as a deliberate compromise straddling the regimes of the past (slave labour) and the future (free labour). In the late 1850s, the locals were replaced by labourers imported from outside the province who were designated "coolies". Qualifying this framework...

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Main Author: Varma, Nitin (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2016
Series:Work in Global and Historical Perspective 2
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