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Preface
Introduction
Beruniyās of Bengal : mobile hired work and the state in seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Bengal
"Quarrelsome workers" : boatmen of the company state in the early eighteenth century
"And I would rather be the king of any lower court" : European sailors and soldiers of the early eighteenth-century company state
"Less than the lowest class of laborers" : silk reelers and the company state, 1650-1779
"Prisoner" of the magistrate : boatmen, European sailors, and the colonial police, 1790-1817
Conclusion : a colonial rule over labor.
Introduction
Beruniyās of Bengal : mobile hired work and the state in seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Bengal
"Quarrelsome workers" : boatmen of the company state in the early eighteenth century
"And I would rather be the king of any lower court" : European sailors and soldiers of the early eighteenth-century company state
"Less than the lowest class of laborers" : silk reelers and the company state, 1650-1779
"Prisoner" of the magistrate : boatmen, European sailors, and the colonial police, 1790-1817
Conclusion : a colonial rule over labor.