Untouchable freedom : a social history of a Dalit community / Vijay Prashad.

"Delhi's citizens revile the sanitation workers who clean their city, but they also rely on them. For a pittance, and without much technological support, these workers keep the city as clean as possible." "Untouchable Freedom traces the history of these Dalit workers - the Balmikis - from the 1860s...

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Main Author: Prashad, Vijay
Language:English
Published: New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
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Physical Description:xx, 176 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book

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