Rethinking Working-Class History: Bengal 1890-1940

by Dipesh Chakrabarty

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Dipesh Chakrabarty combines a history of the jute-mill workers of Calcutta with a fresh look at labor history in Marxist scholarship. Opposing a reductionist view of culture and consciousness, he examines the milieu of the jute-mill workers and the way it influenced their capacity for class solidarity and "revolutionary" action from 1890 to 1940. Around and within this empirical core is built his critique of emancipatory narratives and their relationship...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:069107030X

ISBN13:9780691070308

Release Date:September 2000

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"

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Asia Business Business & Investing History India Job Hunting Job Hunting & Careers Job Markets & Advice Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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