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Labor on the line : justice at work on Assam tea plantations / Anna-Lena Wolf.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolf, Anna-Lena, 1984- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Justice--Social aspects--India--Assam.
- Justice.
- Tea plantation workers--India--Assam--Social conditions.
- Tea plantation workers.
- Tea plantation workers--India--Assam--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca [New York] : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "The book examines ethnographic insights into how everyday conceptualizations of justice emerge, become prevalent, transform, and are negotiated by differently positioned actors at work on Assam's tea plantations. Four workings of justice are analyzed in detail: justice on scales, in context, in transition, and in conflict"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Justice works!
- Scales of justice within and beyond plantation "enclaves"
- Living from the tea leaves
- Why tea plantation laborers do (not) rebel
- Justice and categories of collective identification
- Bungalow doctrines
- Conclusion: Workings of justice within and beyond Assam tea plantations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Wolf, Anna-Lena, 1984- Labor on the line
- ISBN:
- 9781501783395
- 1501783394
- 9781501783388
- 1501783386
- OCLC:
- 1515075338
- Access Restriction:
- Some versions: Open access versions available from some providers open access
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