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Glimpses of hope : the rise of industrial labor at the urban margins of Nepal / Michael Hoffmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoffmann, Michael, 1958- author.
- Series:
- Dislocations ; v. 32.
- Dislocations ; volume 32
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Working class--Nepal--Social conditions.
- Working class.
- Labor--Nepal.
- Labor.
- Urbanization--Nepal.
- Urbanization.
- City and town life--Nepal.
- City and town life.
- Nepal--Social conditions.
- Nepal.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 191 pages) : map.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2023.
- Contents:
- Introduction. The Noodle King
- From Casual to Permanent Work in a Food Factory
- From Bonded to Industrial Labor in a Food Factory
- New Forms of Spirituality in a Modern Food Factory
- Work, Precarity, and Militant Unionism in an Industrial Area
- Gendered Divisions of Work in the Water Bottling Plants
- Class, Ethnicity, and Labor Mobilization in the Construction Industry
- Mafia, Labor, and Shamanism in a Sand Mine
- Conclusion. Glimpses of Hope.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 20, 2022).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Hoffmann, Michael, 1958- Glimpses of hope
- ISBN:
- 9781800738119
- 1800738110
- Publisher Number:
- 40031496040
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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