Lazy natives, coolie labour, and the Assam tea industry

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1287-1324

  Sharma, Jayeeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; PLANTATION; TEA;

ASSAM; INDIA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS VAR. ASSAMICA;

EID: 72449178986     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: 14698099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X08003831     Document Type: Article

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