Global issues, local contexts the Rabi Das of West Bengal

I. Background and method. 1. Introduction. 2. Economic and social organisation of Krishnagar and Nadia district. II. Culture, community and class. 3. A cultural account of the Rabi Das. 4. From Chamars to Rabi Das. The work of the social reformers. III. Labour formation. 5. The demise of the artisan...

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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New Delhi Orient Longman 2001
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Zusammenfassung:I. Background and method. 1. Introduction. 2. Economic and social organisation of Krishnagar and Nadia district. II. Culture, community and class. 3. A cultural account of the Rabi Das. 4. From Chamars to Rabi Das. The work of the social reformers. III. Labour formation. 5. The demise of the artisan. Changing nature of men's work. 6. The demise of subsistence. Changing nature of women's work. 7. Growing up as a Rabi Das. 8. Conclusion. Appendices ... 1. Concentration of cottage industries in Nadia district. 2. Distribution of shoemakers and units in Nadia district. (...)
Beschreibung:An ethnographic study of a community of shoemakers and their transformations under India's economic liberalisation
Beschreibung:X, 279 S.
Ill., Kt.
ISBN:8125019871
81-250-1987-1