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.

0521453631 (hbk.) :

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women--Employment--India--Bengal.
Women--Social conditions.--India--Bengal
Women--Economic conditions.--India--Bengal
Jute industry--India--Bengal.