Format:
Online-Ressource (287 p.)
ISBN:
9780521453639
Series Statement:
Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society
Content:
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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Description based upon print version of record
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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;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780511052873
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521453639
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Women and Labour in Late Colonial India : The Bengal Jute Industry
Language:
English
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