Mishra, L. <br/><br/>
Human bondage: tracing its roots in India/ 
Lakshmidhar Mishra. 
 - New Delhi, India ;  Thousand Oaks, Calif. :  SAGE Publications,  2011. 
 - xix, 487 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Historical perspective -- Concept and definition -- Unemployment, underemployment, and income insecurity -- Poverty, population explosion, hunger, and malnutrition -- Minimum wage -- Migration -- Caste hierarchy -- Land tenurial system -- Tribal land alienation -- Illiteracy -- Child labour and trafficking -- Devadasis and Yoginis -- Credit and indebtedness -- Globalization, state, and market -- Constitutional and legal provisions -- National policy and implementation of the program at the state level -- International instruments and initiatives -- Public interest litigation and judicial activism -- Role of voluntary organizations -- Role of trade unions of workers and employer's organizations -- Role of media and communication agencies -- In retrospect and prospect. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9788132105602 (hard back) 8132105605 (hard back) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Peonage--India.<br/>Poor--Social conditions--India<br/>Land tenure--India.<br/>Social justice--India.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>331.10954  / MIS/H