In the Shadow of the Mill: Workers' Neighbourhoods in Ahmedabad, 1920s to 2000s

ISBN-13: 9781108838115 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 300 str.

Rukmini Barua

Opis

Presents a historical ethnography of two workers' neighbourhoods in Ahmedabad, a city in Western India.

Spis treści

List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; 1. Setting the stage: A brief political history of Ahmedabad, 1920s to 2000s; Part I. Incarnations of the Political Intermediary: 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; Part II. Property and Precarity: 5. Chawls without chimneys; 6. Violence, law and 'Ghettoisation'; 7. Security and tenancy at the margins of the city; Conclusion; Glossary; References; Index.