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Women and labour in late colonial India: the Bengal jute industry
Samita Sen
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Frontmatter
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List of tables (page viii)
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Acknowledgements (page ix)
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List of acronyms and abbreviations (page xii)
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Glossary (page xiv)
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Map: Location of jute mills along river Hooghly (page xix)
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Introduction (page 1)
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1 Migration, recruitment and labour control (page 21)
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2 'Will the land not be tilled?': women's work in the rural economy (page 54)
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3 'Away from homes': women's work in the mills (page 89)
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4 Motherhood, mothercraft and the Maternity Benefit Act (page 142)
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5 In temporary marriages: wives, widows and prostitutes (page 177)
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6 Working-class politics and women's militancy (page 213)
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Select bibliography (page 248)
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Index (page 264)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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AHR | 105.4 (Oct. 2000): 1281 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2651429 |
JAS | 58.4 (Nov. 1999): 1183-1184 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2658563 |
JWoH | 12.3 (Autumn 2000): 207-217 | https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_womens_history/v012/12.3fitzgerald.html |
Citable Link
Published: 1999
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- 9780521035064 (paper)
- 9780511092060 (ebook)
- 9780521453639 (hardcover)