1st Edition
Class Conflict and Modernization in India The Raj and the Calcutta Waterfront (1860-1910)
By Aniruddha Bose
Copyright 2018
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
164 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In the days of the British Raj Calcutta was a great port city. Thousands of men, women, and children worked there, loading and unloading valuable cargoes that sustained the regional economy, and contributed significantly to world trade. In the second half of the nineteenth century, in response to a shift from sailing ships to steamers, port authorities in Calcutta began work on a massive... Read more
Introduction
1. The Last Days of Sail
2. The Beginnings of a Modernization Project
3. A Dangerous and Difficult Workplace
4. The Culmination of a Crisis
5. The Limits of Resistance
Conclusion
Biography
Aniruddha Bose is Assistant Professor of History at Saint Francis University, USA. His research interests lie in South Asian labor history. He is the author of "Science and Technology in India: The Digression of Asia and Europe," History Compass (February 2007).
