The Decline and Fall of the Jobber System in the Bombay Cotton Textile Industry, 1870-1955
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3667424 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rajnarayan Chandavarkar (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 117-210 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0026749x07002879 |
| OpenAlex | W2134029723 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 1 |
In 1981, on the eve of the general strike that convulsed the Bombay cotton textile industry, millowners, managers and workers alike acknowledged that the jobber was a thing of the past. The jobber system, they agreed, had been dismantled decades previously
Agricultural economics · Archaeology · Business · Commerce · Economic history · Economics · Political science · Textile · Textile industry · Agricultural Economics and Practices · History · Indian Economic and Social Development · Law
Raw cotton markets, industrial strategies, and trade organisation in India and Japan, c. 1850-1940
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Segmented Possibilities
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Human Beings Are Too Cheap in India”
Coolies of Capitalism
The problem is organising time, not work
Public Authority and Local Resistance
Bored Techies Being Casually Racist
The cultural politics of wages
On Being Stuck in Bengal
The Unbearable Lightness of Trust
Enemy Agents at Work
Entrapped Entrepreneurship
Dispositions and Destinations
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,23 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |