Labor on the line : justice at work on Assam tea plantations / Anna-Lena Wolf.

Author/creator Wolf, Anna-Lena, 1984- author.
Format Book
PublicationIthaca, New York : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2025.
Copyright Date©2025
Descriptionxiii, 133 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

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.
Abstract "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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Wolf, Anna-Lena, 1984- Labor on the line Ithaca [New York] : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2025 9781501783388
LCCN 2025011695
ISBN9781501783371
ISBN9781501783364 hardcover
ISBN150178336X hardcover
ISBN1501783378 paperback
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

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