The Making of the Madras Working Class 9380118163, 978938011816
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Table of contents :
‘Dilip’ Veeraraghavan (1958–2009)
A.R. Venkatachalapathy
THE MAKING OF THE MADRAS WORKING CLASS
1. Introduction
2. Industrial Development and Labour Conditions in Madras
3. Early Struggles
4. Formation of Unions, 1918
5. First Organized Struggles, 1918–1922
6. Indian National Congress, Home Rulers and the Labour Movement
7. Disunity in the Ranks, Worker Militancy and Labour Unrest
8. The Period of Ebb and Quiescence, 1922–1933
9. Emergence of Left Forces, 1933–1937
10. The Congress Ministry and the Working Class, 1937–1939
11. Conclusion
