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Women and Labour in Late Colonial India: The Bengal Jute Industry

Year: 2000

Type: article

Abstract: List of tables Acknowledgements List of acronyms and abbreviations Glossary Map: location of Jute mills along river Hooghly 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.

Source: The American Historical Review

DOI: 10.2307/2651429

Authors: Karen Leonard, Samita Sen

Language: English

Topic: Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Gender equality, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1997378035

FWCI: 9.725

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Cited by: 108

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