Bargaining in a Labor Regime: Plantation Life and the Politics of Development in Sri Lanka

This dissertation is an ethnographic study of migrant labor, development, and gender among Malaiyaha ("Hill Country") Tamil tea plantation residents in contemporary Sri Lanka. It draws on one year of field research (2008-2009) conducted during state emergency rule in Sri Lanka amongst Mala...

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Main Author: Jegathesan, Mythri
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7916/D86D615Z