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In the shadow of the mill : workers' neighbourhoods in Ahmedabad, 1920s to 2000s /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barua, Rukmini (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Neighborhoods > India > Ahmadābād > History.
Working class > India > Ahmadābād > History.
Textile industry > India > Ahmadābād > History.
Company towns > India > Ahmadābād > History.
Ahmadābād (India) > Politics and government.
Ahmadābād (India) > Social conditions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General.
Company towns.
Neighborhoods.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Textile industry.
Working class.
India > Ahmadābād.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Setting the stage : a brief political history of Ahmedabad, 1920s to 2000s
  • The TLA and dadagiri : mediation in the mill neighbourhoods
  • The underground economy, the state and the political intermediary
  • Civil society, 'social work' and political mediation
  • Chawls without chimneys
  • Violence, law and 'ghettoisation'
  • Security and tenancy at the margins of the city.