Labour control and labour legislation in colonial India: A tale of two mid-nineteenth century acts

South Asia

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-25

  Kerr, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LABOR POLICY; LEGISLATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 2142772751     PISSN: 00856401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1479027042000186405     Document Type: Article

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