{"product_id":"labor-on-the-line-justice-at-work-on-assam-tea-plantations-paperback-softback-9781501783371","title":"Labor on the Line; Justice at Work on Assam Tea Plantations (Paperback \/ softback) 9781501783371","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLabor on the Line\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eJustice at Work on Assam Tea Plantations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnna-Lena Wolf (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501783371\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 October 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e150 pages, 14 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 14 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLabor on the Line\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e provides insights into the world's largest tea-growing region of Assam. \u003c\/b\u003eAnna-Lena Wolf examines everyday conceptualizations of justice: how they emerge, become prevalent, transform, and are negotiated by differently positioned actors on Assam's tea plantations. Academics and activists have criticized the conditions on these plantations as a form of bondage, arguing that the persistence of a colonial wage structure – characterized by low cash wages supplemented with in-kind benefits – reinforces laborers' dependence on plantations. But Wolf shows that there is more to the story. Tea plantation laborers and trade unionists formed surprising alliances with managers and plantation owners based on everyday conceptions of justice. All involved favored the old-style plantation at a time when fundamental changes were appearing in the political economy of tea production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLabor on the Line\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the simplistic notion that dismantling tea plantations would create a better world for tea plantation laborers, by advancing notions of justice in innovative ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to generous funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation, the ebook editions of this book are available as open access volumes through the Cornell Open initiative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Justice works!\u003cbr\u003e1. Scales of justice within and beyond plantation \"enclaves\"\u003cbr\u003e2. Living from the tea leaves\u003cbr\u003e3. Why tea plantation laborers do (not) rebel\u003cbr\u003e4. Justice and categories of collective identification\u003cbr\u003e5. Bungalow doctrines\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Workings of justice within and beyond Assam tea plantations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"ILR Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52610560327960,"sku":"9781501783371","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/labor-on-the-line-justice-at-work-on-assam-tea-plantations-paperback-softback-9781501783371","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}