The Nights of Bombay Workers (1870–1920)
(2022)
Book Chapter
Kumar, A. (2022). The Nights of Bombay Workers (1870–1920). In G. Duijzings, & L. Dušková (Eds.), Working at Night: The Temporal Organisation of Labour Across Political and Economic Regimes (45-68). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110753592-003
Dr ARUN KUMAR's Outputs (3)
Book review: Juned Shaikh, Outcaste Bombay: City Making and the Politics of the Poor (2022)
Journal Article
Kumar, A. (2022). Book review: Juned Shaikh, Outcaste Bombay: City Making and the Politics of the Poor. Indian Economic and Social History Review, 59(3), 403-406. https://doi.org/10.1177/00194646221109927Juned Shaikh, Outcaste Bombay: City Making and the Politics of the Poor. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2021, 227 pp.
The Life of Contract Capitalism and the Building of the Colonial Railway (2022)
Book Chapter
Kumar, A. (2022). The Life of Contract Capitalism and the Building of the Colonial Railway. In G. Cederlöf (Ed.), The Imperial Underbelly: Workers, Contractors, and Entrepreneurs in Colonial India and Scandinavia (26-55). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003317227-2Capitalism thrives on contracts. From recruiting workers and employees to transacting everyday business and selling commodities, the contract ideology is the absolute necessity for capitalism to function. Contracts are to ensure a regime of secure, l... Read More about The Life of Contract Capitalism and the Building of the Colonial Railway.