In the shadow of the mill : worker's neighbourhoods in Ahmedabad
Rukmini Barua
In the shadow of the mill : worker's neighbourhoods in Ahmedabad - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2022 - xiii,305p.
Contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1
1. Setting the stage: A brief political history of Ahmedabad, 1920s to 2000s 31
Part I. Incarnations of the Political Intermediary 63
2. The TLA and dadagiri: Mediation in the mill neighbourhoods 70
3. The underground economy, the state and the political intermediary 96
4. Civil society, 'social work' and political mediation 134
Part II. Property and Precarity 173
5. Chawls without chimneys 178
6. Violence, law and 'Ghettoisation' 213
7. Security and tenancy at the margins of the city 238
Conclusion 266
Appendix 273
Glossary 275
References 277
Index 297
9781108838115
Ahmadābād (India) Social conditions
Ahmada�ba�d (India) Politics and government
Ahmada�ba�d (India) Social conditions
Company towns
Company towns India Ahmada�ba�d History
Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods India Ahmada�ba�d History
Textile industry
Textile industry India Ahmada�ba�d History
Working class
Working class India Ahmada�ba�d History
307.3362 / BAR
In the shadow of the mill : worker's neighbourhoods in Ahmedabad - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2022 - xiii,305p.
Contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1
1. Setting the stage: A brief political history of Ahmedabad, 1920s to 2000s 31
Part I. Incarnations of the Political Intermediary 63
2. The TLA and dadagiri: Mediation in the mill neighbourhoods 70
3. The underground economy, the state and the political intermediary 96
4. Civil society, 'social work' and political mediation 134
Part II. Property and Precarity 173
5. Chawls without chimneys 178
6. Violence, law and 'Ghettoisation' 213
7. Security and tenancy at the margins of the city 238
Conclusion 266
Appendix 273
Glossary 275
References 277
Index 297
9781108838115
Ahmadābād (India) Social conditions
Ahmada�ba�d (India) Politics and government
Ahmada�ba�d (India) Social conditions
Company towns
Company towns India Ahmada�ba�d History
Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods India Ahmada�ba�d History
Textile industry
Textile industry India Ahmada�ba�d History
Working class
Working class India Ahmada�ba�d History
307.3362 / BAR