This book presents a historical account of plantations in India in the context of the modern world economy. It brings history up to the present, thereby showing how history can assist in explaining contemporary conditions and trends. The author focuses on labour and economic dev…
"This book presents a historical account of plantations in India in the context of the modern world economy. It brings history up to the present, thereby showing how history can assist in explaining contemporary conditions and trends. The author focuses on labour and economic de…
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An inside look at the creation of several ad campaigns in the major Bombay ad agency and what they say about Indian national identity.
An inside look at the creation of several ad campaigns in the major Bombay ad agency and what they say about Indian national identity.
An examination of the complex cultural politics of mass consumerism in a globalized marketplace, Shoveling Smoke is an ethnography of the contemporary Indian advertising industry. It is also a critical and innovative intervention into current theoretical debates on the intersect…
Liberalization's Children explores how youth and gender have become crucial sites for a contested cultural politics of globalization in India. Popular discourses draw a contrast between "midnight's children," who were rooted in post-independence Nehruvian developmentalism, and "…
