Hope and despair: Textile workers in Kanpur in 1937-38 and the 1990s

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 171-203

  Joshi, Chitra ^a  

^a Indraprastha College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR RELATIONS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

INDIA; KANPUR; UTTAR PRADESH;

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR; TEXTILE HISTORY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0032721136     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996679903300109     Document Type: Article

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