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Regulation and resistance: defactorisation in the beedi industry of colonial Malabar, 1937–1941
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In this article, a case study of defactorisation of production in a traditional industry (beedi rolling) in colonial South India is presented, where the implementation of the Indian Factories Act is examined.Abstract:
This article presents a case study of defactorisation of production in a traditional industry – beedi rolling – in colonial South India. It examines the implementation of the Indian Factories Act a...read more
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State Regulation and Class Struggle in the Beedi Industry of Post-Colonial Malabar, 1947–1970
TL;DR: In post-independence India, as in many developing post-colonial nations, the capitalist class was dependent on the state to discipline the laborforce, and the rapid uptake of capitalist production methods prompted the new government to intervene aggressively in industrial labor relations as mentioned in this paper .
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