Untouchable Freedom: A Social History of a Dalit Community
by Vijay Prashad
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This volume is on the Balmikis of Delhi, who work as sanitation workers and keep the city clean. They live in poverty and face sustained discrimination. In response the Balmikis fight to liberate themselves. Untouchable Freedom is the first comprehensive study of this community and traces their struggles from the 1860s to the present, as they have moved from agricultural labor to urban work.Tags
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Vijay Prashad is the Executive Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, Chief Correspondent at Globetrotter, and Chief Editor at LeftWord Books. He is the author or editor of numerous books.
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- Nonfiction, History, Sociology
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- 305.5 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity People by social and economic levels
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- DS422 .C3 .P728 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia India (Bharat)
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