Women and labour in late colonial India: the Bengal jute industry
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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sen, Samita (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press ©1999
Series:Cambridge studies in Indian history and society 3
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-263) and index
Preliminaries; Introduction; 1 Migration, recruitment and labour control; 2 'Will the land not be tilled?': women's work in the rural economy; 3 'Away from homes': women's work in the mills; 4 Motherhood, mothercraft and the Maternity Benefit Act; 5 In temporary marriages: wives, widows and prostitutes; 6 Working-class politics and women's militancy; Select bibliography; Index
In a history of labouring women in Calcutta, the author demonstrates how social constructions of gender shaped their lives and how the long-term trends in the Indian economy devalued their labour. The study makes a significant contribution to the social and economic history of colonial India
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 265 pages)
ISBN:0511004354
9780511004353
0511037635
9780511037634
9780511052873
0511052871
0521453631
9780521453639

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