In:
International Review of Social History, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 46, No. 3 ( 2001-12), p. 393-421
Abstract:
Partition, the break-up of colonial India in 1947, has been the subject of considerable serious historical research, but almost exclusively from two distinctive perspectives: as a macropolitical event; or as a cultural and personal disaster. Remarkably, very little is known about the socioeconomic impact of Partition on different localities and individuals. This exploratory essay considers how Partition affected working people's livelihood and labour relations. The essay focuses on the northeastern part of the subcontinent, where Partition created an international border separating East Bengal – which became East Pakistan, then Bangladesh – from West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, and other regions which joined the new state of India. Based largely on evidence contained in “low-level” state records, the author explores how labour relations for several categories of workers in the new borderland changed during the period of the late 1940s and 1950s.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0020-8590
,
1469-512X
DOI:
10.1017/S0020859001000256
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2001
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1466800-2
detail.hit.zdb_id:
209874-X
SSG:
8
SSG:
3,4
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