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Author Sen, Samita.

Title Women and labour in late colonial India : the Bengal jute industry / Samita Sen.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [1999]
©1999
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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 265 pages) : map.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 3
Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 3.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-263) and index.
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.
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.
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Subject Women -- Employment -- India -- Bengal.
Women -- Employment.
India -- Bengal.
Women -- India -- Bengal -- Social conditions.
Women.
Social conditions.
Women -- India -- Bengal -- Economic conditions.
Economic conditions.
Jute industry -- India -- Bengal.
Jute industry.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Added Title Women and labor in late colonial India
Other Form: Print version: Sen, Samita. Women and labour in late colonial India. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 0521453631 (DLC) 98038080 (OCoLC)39640037
ISBN 0511004354 (electronic book)
9780511004353 (electronic book)
0511037635 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)
9780511037634 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)
9780511052873
0511052871
0521453631 (hardback)
9780521453639 (hardback)

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