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

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"This book traces the socio-spatial transformation of Ahmedabad's worker neighbourhoods over the course of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries-during which, the city witnessed dramatic and disturbing transformations. It follows the multiple histories of Ahmedabad's labour l...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Barua, Rukmini (Author)
Format: Electronic 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.
Company towns.
Neighborhoods.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Textile industry.
Working class.
India > Ahmadābād.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Setting the stage : a brief political history of Ahmedabad, 1920s to 2000s
  • 2. The TLA and dadagiri : mediation in the mill neighbourhoods
  • 3. The underground economy, the state and the political intermediary
  • 4. Civil society, 'social work' and political mediation
  • 5. Chawls without chimneys
  • 6. Violence, law and 'ghettoisation'
  • 7. Security and tenancy at the margins of the city.

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