Unsettled Settlers reviews the labour market attracting migrant workers to industrial activity, in particular in the jute industry, in and around Calcutta in the period 1930-1990. The study is based on archival research and sociological fieldwork, carried out in the industrial neighbourhood Titagarh where mills employed over 30.000 workers in the beginning of this century. The workers from outside the province of Bengal (now known as West-Bengal) have remained migrants while retaining their regional languages and identities. Remigration has always been an important phenomenon. 'Unsettled Settlers' are migrants who are drawn to an area of industrial activity, but who continue to return to their birthplace. The study demonstrates the continuous interaction between the industrial centre and the rural environment. The author contends that this that this 'circle migration' is not a result of the business owners' economic strategies, but rather that its primary causes should be sought in
