Woman and labour in late colonial India : the Bengal jute industry (Record no. 172327)
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9780521453639 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 331.4095414 SEN |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Sen, Samita. |
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Woman and labour in late colonial India : the Bengal jute industry |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Cambridge university press |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1999 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 265 p. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | Samita Sen's history of labouring women in Calcutta in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries considers how social constructions of gender shaped their lives. Dr Sen demonstrates how - in contrast to the experience of their male counterparts - the long-term trends in the Indian economy devalued women's labour, establishing patterns of urban migration and changing gender equations within the family. She relates these trends to the spread of dowry, enforced widowhood and child marriage. The book provides insight into the lives of poor urban women who were often perceived as prostitutes or social pariahs. Even trade unions refused to address their problems and they remained on the margins of organized political protest. The study will make a signficant contribution to the understanding of the social and economic history of colonial India and to notions of gender construction. |
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Topical term or geographic name entry element | Women-Employment-India-Bengal |
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Koha item type | Books |
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Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Not Missing | Not Damaged | Gandhi Smriti Library | Gandhi Smriti Library | 2020-02-08 | 331.4095414 SEN | 153522 | 2020-02-08 | 2020-02-08 | Books |