1st Edition
Urban Wage Earners in Seventeenth Century India Artisans, Labourers, Service Providers and Entertainers
By Nishat Manzar
Copyright 2021
460 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
460 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This volume takes a pan-Indian view of different professional groups and service providers mainly based in towns. While Persian texts provide limited information on the subject, European sources in the form of travelogues, letters, memoirs and official reports unfold an interesting panorama on the subject. Here focus has been on the seventeenth century, as some prominent European share holders’... Read more
Introduction 1. Low-paid Servants, Labourers and other Professional Groups 2. Categories of Artisans, Labourers and other Service Providers 3. The Basic Needs: Food, Clothing and Housing 4. Wages: A Basic Requirement for Subsistence 5. Aspects of Social Life 6. Conclusion
Biography
Nishat Manzar is the Head of Department of History and Culture. She has been teaching History of Medieval India, Medieval Central Asia and Islam since the last twenty-five years.
"Scientific in approach and balanced in analysis, this work breaks fresh ground and unearths new evidence. While filling a long-standing gap in medieval historiography, it is a welcome addition to historical literature on South Asia."
-Surinder Singh, Prof. (Retd.) Department of History, Panjab University, Chandigarh
