Tracing Historical Forms of Servitude: Introductory Remarks and Elementary Reflections.

History of domestic service in South Asia is beginning to attract scholars but a rich historiography around it is still distant and difficult. The forms of servitude are different across different times, places and contexts. The sources available to scholars for specific sites and moments in history...

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Publicado en:South Asian History & Culture Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 433 - 445
Autores principales: Sinha, Nitin, Jha, Pankaj
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct2022
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          Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, Germany
          Department of History, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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        South Asia
        Labor market
        Employment
        Labor laws
        Social security
        Household employees
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          South Asia
          Private Households
          Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors
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        Domestic servant
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