Roy, Tirthankar.

Rethinking economic change in India : labour and livelihood / Tirthankar Roy. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2005. - xiii, 202 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Routledge explorations in economic history ; 28 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-200) and index.

Introduction -- Economic history and modern India : redefining the link -- Rural labour and colonialism -- Agricultural labour : lessons from wage data -- Was there an industrial decline in India in the early nineteenth century? -- Labour-intensive industrialization -- Women and industrialization -- Women in the crafts -- Labour and power : a critique of 'subaltern studies' -- Conclusion.

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Labor -- History.-- India
Women -- Employment -- History.-- India


India -- Economic policy -- History.

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