Women and labour in late colonial India : the Bengal jute industry / Samita Sen.
Women and labour in late colonial India : the Bengal jute industry / Samita Sen.
Women and labour in late colonial India : the Bengal jute industry / Samita Sen.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N331.40954/8
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English
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Physical content
xviii, 265 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Contents
Map: Location of jute mills along river Hooghly -- 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 ma...
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
Samita Sen's history of labouring women in Calcutta in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries considers how social constructions of gender shaped their lives. She demonstrates how - in contrast to the experience of their male counterparts - the long-term trends in the Indian economy devalued women's labour, establishing patterns of urban migr...
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Women and labour in late colonial India : the Bengal jute industry / Samita Sen.
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Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 3.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-263) and index.
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N331.40954/8
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74VvGRGP8wAl
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0521453631 :
9780521453639 (hardback)
0521453631 (hardback)
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331.4095414
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991012580269702626
