Women and labour in late colonial Indiathe Bengal jute industry
331.40954 SEN
Sen, Samita.
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Women and labour in late colonial India the Bengal jute industry
/ Samita Sen.
. — Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999..
xviii, 265 p. map 24 cm.
Migration, recruitment and labour control -- 'Will the land not be tilled?': women's work in the rural economy -- 'Away from homes': women's work in the mills -- Motherhood, mothercraft and the Maternity Benefit Act -- In temporary marriages: wives, widows and prostitutes -- Working-class politics and women's militancy.
