Rubber Plantation Workers, Work Hazards, and Health in Colonial Malaya, 1900-1940

Title
Rubber Plantation Workers, Work Hazards, and Health in Colonial Malaya, 1900-1940
Publication Date
2012
Author(s)
Kaur, Amarjit
Editor
Editor(s): Chris Sellers and Joseph Melling
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Temple University Press
Place of publication
Philadelphia, United States of America
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:10421
Abstract
This chapter focuses on key aspects of Indian workers' economic, social, and health engagement with plantation owners, subimperial India, and the global trade in commodities. The study first examines the development of the rubber plantation industry against the backdrop of colonial developing-world agriculture and the recruitment of Indian labour. Then it analyzes the consequences of this encounter through the prism of workers' plantation life, the epidemiology of migration, and plantation work hazards. Finally, the investigation turns to the unique labour and health experiences of Indian plantation workers by examining labour codes and other administrative legislation that registered and contended with the resulting health consequences for the workers.
Link
Citation
Dangerous Trade: Histories of Industrial Hazard Across A Globalizing World, p. 17-32
ISBN
9781439904701
9781439904688
9781439904695
Start page
17
End page
32

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