From field to factory: Tracing transformations in bonded labour in the Tiruppur region, Tamil Nadu

Economy and Society

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 430-454

  Carswell, Grace ^a   De Neve, Geert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agriculture; debt bondage; India; power looms; Tamil Nadu; unfree labour

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR POLICY; LABOR SUPPLY; POWER RELATIONS;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU; TIRUPUR;

BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 84883315460     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: 14695766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085147.2013.772757     Document Type: Article

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