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Author Kumar, Chikkala Kranthi

Title Culture of tobacco : an ethnographic enquiry into the socio-economic mobility of Dalits of rural India / by Chikkala Kranthi Kumar ; foreword by Dr. N. Sudhakar Rao
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 213 pages) : illustrations
Contents LIST OF TABLES; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; GLOSSARY; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; APPENDICES; REFERENCES; CHART
Summary Despite the global outcry against the harmful effects of tobacco products, this crop continues to thrive and has become a major source of income for all associated with its production process. This book presents an informative perspective on the impact of tobacco cultivation on the socio-economic fabric of rural Andhra Pradesh. The adoption of commercial crops has created phenomenal opportunities for millions and changed traditional social relationships. Tobacco cultivation differs from that ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-213)
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Subject Tobacco workers -- India -- Andhra Pradesh
Plants, Cultivated -- India -- Andhra Pradesh
Dalits -- India -- Andhra Pradesh -- Economic conditions
Dalits -- India -- Andhra Pradesh -- Social conditions
Tobacco industry.
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Labour economics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Dalits -- Economic conditions
Dalits -- Social conditions
Plants, Cultivated
Tobacco workers
India -- Andhra Pradesh
Form Electronic book
Author Sudhakar Rao, N
ISBN 9781443864671
1443864676