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Women and labour in late colonial India : the Bengal jute industry / Samita Sen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sen, Samita.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 3.
- Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Employment--India--Bengal.
- Women.
- Women--India--Bengal--Social conditions.
- Women--India--Bengal--Economic conditions.
- Jute industry--India--Bengal.
- Jute industry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-263) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780511092060
- 0511092067
- 9780511052873
- 0511052871
- 9780511150265
- 0511150261
- 9780511004353
- 0511004354
- OCLC:
- 48138628
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb04655 hdl
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