Class Conflict and Modernization in India: The Raj and the Calcutta Waterfront (1860-1910)

By Aniruddha Bose

This book is the first study of port labor in colonial Calcutta and British India. Drawing on primary source material, including government documents and newspaper records, the author demonstrates how the modernization process worsened class conflict and highlights the important part played by labor in the shaping of the port's modernization.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367875152
• ISBN13: 9780367875152
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"