Freedomville : the story of a 21st-century slave revolt / Laura T. Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Laura (Laura T.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slave rebellions--India--Uttar Pradesh.

Slave rebellions.

Miners--India--Uttar Pradesh.

Miners.

India--Uttar Pradesh.

Physical Description:

125 pages: map ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia Global Reports, [2021]

Summary:

"A community of rock quarry miners in a village in Uttar Pradesh, India gave their tiny cluster of thatched roofed houses the name Azad Nagar. Freedomville. But it hasn't always been identified by that auspicious moniker. The miners renamed their village in 2000, after they staged a revolt that overthrew the profit-driven landowners who held their families in debt bondage for generations. Non-profits celebrated their tenacity; a film promoted their non-violent grassroots efforts; their success inspired other villages to fight for their own freedom. But the complex story of Freedomville, the murder that these revolutionaries nearly got away with, and the short-lived freedom its inhabitants created for themselves there has not yet been told"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Bound by History and Debt

ch. Two Gossip Organizing

ch. Three The Fight for Freedomville

ch. Four Precarious Freedom

ch. Five The NGOification of Revolution

ch. Six All Politics Are Local

ch. Seven Rock Crushers and the Infrastructure of a New India.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-125).

Other Format:

Online version: Murphy, Laura (Laura T.) Freedomville

ISBN:

9781734420746

173442074X

OCLC:

1184238124