In the shadow of the mill : worker's neighbourhoods in Ahmedabad

By:

Rukmini Barua

Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2022Description: xiii,305pISBN:

9781108838115

Subject(s):

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

DDC classification:

307.3362 BAR

Contents:

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

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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

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