Free shipping on orders over $79 * - Limited time only - *T&Cs apply
Track My Order
Help Centre
Likes
My Wish ListsLogin / Join
Booktopia
Australia's local bookstore
Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
The Origins of Industrial Capitalism in India : Business Strategies and the Working Classes in Bombay, 1900 1940 - No Information Available

The Origins of Industrial Capitalism in India

Business Strategies and the Working Classes in Bombay, 1900 1940

By: No Information Available

Hardcover | 9 May 1994

At a Glance

Hardcover

RRP $297.95

$257.75

13%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $64.44 with

 or 

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

Rajnarayan Chandavarkar presents the first major study of the relationship between labour and capital in India's economic development in the early twentieth-century. He explores the emergence of capitalism in the region, the development of the cotton textile industry, its particular problems in the 1920s and 1930s and the mill owners' and the state's responses to them. The author also investigates how a labour force was formed in Bombay - its rural roots, urban networks, industrial organisation and the way in which it shaped capitalist strategies. In a subject dominated by the assumption of unities, Rajnarayan Chandavarkar convincingly demonstrates the fragmentation of class, on the side of both capital and labour. Their interaction sometimes exacerbated their internal differences. But, the author also asks on what terms, to what ends, and under what circumstances solidarities could be forged between workers.
Industry Reviews
"It is a rich, complex, interactive, and fearsomely variable world of labor through which the author skillfully leads us...What makes this an excellent history is the degree of detail incorporated into his story which so enriches its telling...One can almost feel the heat and pulse of living human beings. Such anchoring in life makes history more than theories and analyses which appear to 'manage' the past and protect us from 'over' generalization. At the same time, the author has drawn sound conclusions from analyses based on an impressive foundation of primary source materials...a superb study of an example of industrial development during the first half of this century. Chandavarkar has written a masterful history." George E. Moore, The Historian "Rajnarayan Chandavarkar's book furthers our understanding of the evolution of Bombay from an insignificant settlement on swampy, inhospitable islands to its current position as the financial capital of India." American Historical Review "This is a work of great erudition." Reviews of Books

You Can Find This Book In

Non-FictionSociety & CultureSocial GroupsHistoryRegional & National HistoryAsian HistoryGeneral & World HistoryEconomicsEarliest Times to Present Day20th Century History from 1900 to 2000

Other Editions and Formats

Paperback

Published: 30th October 2003

View Product

More in Asian History

Days of Love and Rage : A Story of Revolution - Anand Gopal

Days of Love and Rage

A Story of Revolution

Hardcover

RRP $51.95

$40.75

22%
OFF
The Golden Road : How Ancient India Transformed the World - William Dalrymple

The Golden Road

How Ancient India Transformed the World

Paperback

RRP $27.99

$23.75

15%
OFF
Rebirth : A Love Story From the Depths of War - Antoun Issa

Rebirth

A Love Story From the Depths of War

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$22.99

34%
OFF
Revolusi : Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World - David Van Reybrouck

Revolusi

Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$21.75

19%
OFF
A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict - Ilan Pappe

A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF
The Anarchy : The Relentless Rise of the East India Company - William Dalrymple

The Anarchy

The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF
Japan : A History in Objects - Angus Lockyer

Japan

A History in Objects

Hardcover

RRP $74.99

$55.75

26%
OFF
Persepolis : The Story of an Iranian Childhood - Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis

The Story of an Iranian Childhood

Hardcover

RRP $39.99

$26.75

33%
OFF
Free Form Quilts + Patchwork - Jessie Cutts

Free Form Quilts + Patchwork

Hardcover

RRP $50.00

$38.75

22%
OFF
Men in the Sun : And Other Palestinian Stories - Keira Lykourentzos

Men in the Sun

And Other Palestinian Stories

Paperback

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF
Genghis Khan : And the Making of the Modern World - Jack Weatherford

Genghis Khan

And the Making of the Modern World

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$28.75

18%
OFF
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine - Ilan Pappe

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF
Sons of Heaven : Family and Dynasty in Ming China - Craig Clunas

Sons of Heaven

Family and Dynasty in Ming China

Hardcover

RRP $59.99

$47.75

20%
OFF
Sister Bullwinkel : The untold uncensored story - Lynette Ramsay Silver

Sister Bullwinkel

The untold uncensored story

Paperback

RRP $39.99

$31.75

21%
OFF
From Third World to First : Singapore and the Asian Economic Boom - Lee Kuan Yew

From Third World to First

Singapore and the Asian Economic Boom

Paperback

RRP $31.00

$24.75

20%
OFF
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt - Toby Wilkinson

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt

Paperback

RRP $29.99

$24.99

17%
OFF

This product is categorised by