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The Imperial Underbelly: Workers, Contractors, and Entrepreneurs in Colonial India and Scandinavia

The Imperial Underbelly: Workers, Contractors, and Entrepreneurs in Colonial India and Scandinavia

Cederlöf, Gunnel

Paperback

General Political ScienceIndian & South Asian HistorySocial Movements

ISBN10: 1032328924
ISBN13: 9781032328928
Publisher: Routledge India
Published: May 27 2024
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The volume introduces a new analysis of interconnected labour and economic history of colonial India and Scandinavia. From a recently found archive of a railway contractor's private and business papers, the studies revise both Indian labour history and Scandinavian modern history, and ties south Sweden into the British Empire. With deep insights into everyday work practices of Indian and European contractors and manual labourers, the book establishes a bridge across the globe, between two poor regions as sites of extraction and industrial transformation, resulting from global migration and capital flows. Drawing on rich archival sources such as the Joseph Stephens Archive, Maharashtra State Archives, the National Archives of India, and the British Library, the book offers deep insights into everyday business practices of European contractors in India, which were rarely documented and have remained largely inaccessible so far.

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