Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments VII
3. Contents IX
4. Abbreviations XIII
5. I Nature of the Problem 1
6. II Economic Development of Bombay City 10
7. III History of the Bombay Cotton Textile Industry 22
8. IV Supply of Labor 39
9. V Stability and Instability in the Labor Force 84
10. VI Hours of Work 101
11. VII Work Regulations in the Mills 107
12. VIII Administration of the Work Force 129
13. IX Wage Structure and Labor Discipline 154
14. X Trade Unions, the State, and Labor Discipline 178
15. XI Summary and Conclusions 198
16. I Average Number of Mill Hands Employed Daily on All Shifts, Bombay Cotton Textile Mills, 1865-1947 213
17. II Average Daily Employment of Men, Women, and Children, Bombay Cotton Textile Mills, 1884-1947 * 217
18. III Index of Monthly Full-Time Wages in the Bombay Cotton Mill Industry, 1875-1947 219
19. IV Places of Origin of Cotton-Mill Work Force 226
20. V Bombay Cotton Mill-Hand Caste Information 233
21. VII Standing Orders for Mill Hands in the Bombay Cotton Textile Industry, 19371 241
22. Bibliography 247
23. Index 259