Questions of class: The general strikes in Bombay, 1928-29

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 205-237

  Chandavarkar, Rajnarayan ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; LABOR RELATIONS;

BOMBAY; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA;

EID: 0032739543     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996679903300110     Document Type: Article

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