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UNINA9910813351003321 |
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Autore |
Sen Samita |
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Titolo |
Women and labour in late colonial India : the Bengal jute industry / / Samita Sen |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 1999 |
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ISBN |
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0-511-09206-7 |
0-511-05287-1 |
0-511-15026-1 |
0-511-00435-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (287 p.) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; ; 3 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - Employment - India - Bengal |
Women - India - Bengal - Social conditions |
Women - India - Bengal - Economic conditions |
Jute industry - India - Bengal |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-263) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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