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Autore |
Chakravarty Deepita |
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Women, labour and the economy in India : from migrant menservants to uprooted girl children maids / / Deepita Chakravarty and Ishita Chakravarty |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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1-317-36278-0 |
1-315-66899-8 |
1-317-36277-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (141 pages) : illustrations, graphs, tables |
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Collana |
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Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - Employmen - India - West Bengal |
Women household employees - India - West Bengal |
Labor market - India - West Bengal |
Electronic books. |
West Bengal (India) Economic conditions |
West Bengal (India) Emigration and immigration Economic aspects |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction -- 2. The backdrop : partition, land reforms and the new industrial policy -- 3. Domesticity vs. paid work : domestic service in urban West Bengal -- 4. For bed and board only : the refugee maids -- 5. When daughters migrate and mothers stay back -- 6. For family members to invisible essentials : masters, mistresses and their domestic workers -- 7. The case of Bangladesh. |
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