HISTORY of SOUTH Asia:
Mobility,Circulation and Historiography
-This course will explore the movement of people, goods and ideas in South Asia and beyond
through the lens of labour.
through the lens of labour.
There will be tracing the making of identities, borders, markets,
communities & politics in South Asia within the intersections of the histories of labour and histories of mobility.
communities & politics in South Asia within the intersections of the histories of labour and histories of mobility.
This class will be on the time period from 19th century to the present.
Two major themes of focus will
be developments of this period, specifically — the growth of capitalism and colonial expansion and its aftermath.
be developments of this period, specifically — the growth of capitalism and colonial expansion and its aftermath.
There will be an encouragement for Historians to think about the region of South Asia in a global and
transnational way, including the flows of labour, commodities and ideas between
South Asia and Canada.
South Asia and Canada.
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- Do you think the colonial state regulated people’s movement in South Asia?
Locate your answer in terms of the implications of such control, or lack of it, for the working lives of Indian people.
- Discuss the different Indigenous communities in South Asia and the effects (negetive or positive) of their mobility, regulation from the perspective of mobile groups or indenture workers and labour.
- What were the effects and/or benefits to the South Asian communities that this regulatory rules and restrictions put in place by the colonial state?
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INSTRUCTIONS!!!:
-Follow what is below….
•Read the Sources attached. FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANT CRITICAL ASPECTS!
• –Discuss the sources in relation to each other and the topic of the paper.
(Do NOT just repeat the abstracts and revised versions to me)
• -The paper should not be repetitive and redundance.
• HAVE A STRONG THESIS STATEMENT, state what the sources are trying to convey too.
• -Identify major themes and frameworks that are being discussed in the sources provided.
• Compare and Contrast the sources to make a critical reflection on the subject. (Indigenous Groups [coolie, banjara, hijiras ETC.] Women, Labour, Migration/ Mobility)
• –Proper citation is expected. Use CHICAGO referencing style and footnotes.
• –Do not quote excessively from the sources BUT makes sure to also have acciraye information.
• –DO NOT Plagiarize any thing… remember to paraphrase.
• Make sure to put a reference list of the sources at the bottom of the last page.
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Citation SOURCE list below:
• Omvedt, G. 1980. “Migration in Colonial India: The Articulation of Feudalism and Capitalism by the Colonial State.” The Journal of Peasant Studies 7 (2): 185–212.
•Bhattacharya, Neeladri. 2006. “Predicaments of Mobility: Peddlers and Itinerants in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern India.” In Society and Circulation : Mobile People and Intinerant Cultures in South Asia, 1750-1950 / Edited by Claude Markovits, Jacques Pouchepadass, Sanjay Subrahmanyam. London: Anthem.
• HINCHY, JESSICA. 2020. “Gender, Family, and the Policing of the ‘Criminal Tribes’ in Nineteenth-Century North India.” Modern Asian Studies 54 (5): 1669–1711.
• Satya L D. Colonial sedentarisation and subjugation: The case of the Banjaras of Berar 1850-1900. The Journal of peasant studies. 1997;24(4):314-336.
• Anderson, Clare. 2009. “Convicts and Coolies: Rethinking Indentured Labour in the Nineteenth Century1.” Slavery & Abolition 30 (1): 93–109.
•Gandee, Sarah. 2018. “Criminalizing the Criminal Tribe: Partition, Borders, and the State in India’s Punjab, 1947–55.” Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East 38 (3): 557–72.
•Ahuja, Ravi. 1998. “Labour Unsettled: Mobility and Protest in the Madras Region, 1750-1800.” The Indian Economic and Social History Review 35 (4): 381–404.
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FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS….DO NOT JUST DO WHAT YOU WANT !!!
NO ADDITIONAL SOURCE RESEARCH NEEDED
— Use ONLY what is UPLOADED for you.
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