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Timepass : youth, class, and the politics of waiting in India / Craig Jeffrey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jeffrey, Craig, 1973-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Young men--India--Meerut--Social conditions.
- Young men.
- Unemployed youth--India--Meerut.
- Unemployed youth.
- College students--Political activity--India--Meerut.
- College students.
- Middle class--India--Meerut.
- Middle class.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Timepass is a vivid ethnography that illuminates the student politics and youth activism that lower middle class young men in India have undertaken in response to the underemployment they face.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. India Waiting; 2. Cultivating Fields: The Rise and Resilience of a Rural Middle Class; 3. Life at the Crossroads: Timepass; 4. Collective Student Protest; 5. Fixing Futures: Improvised Politics; 6. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-211) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804775137
- 0804775133
- OCLC:
- 818118827
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