Description:
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 development problems and interprets the dynamics of plantation capitalism.
Review Quotes:
"Global Capital and Peripheral Labour fills a gap that existed earlier on the subject of plantation labor and is a welcome and useful entry to the literature." - Susan Wolcott, Binghamton University