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A time for tea : women, labor, and post/colonial politics on an Indian plantation /

In this ethnographic and historical critique of labour practices on an Indian plantation, Piya Chatterjee provides a sophisticated and creative examination of the production, consumption, and circulation of tea. "A Time for Tea" reveals how the female tea-pluckers seen in advertisements -...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chatterjee, Piya, 1965-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Women tea plantation workers > India > History > 20th century.
Tea trade > India > History > 20th century.
Teeplantage.
Gesellschaftsleben.
Indien.
Table of Contents:
  • Alap
  • Travels of Tea, Travels of Empire
  • Cultivating the Garden
  • The Raj Baroque
  • Estates of a New Raj
  • Discipline and Labor
  • Village Politics
  • Protest
  • A Last Act.