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

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Samita Sen's history of laboring women in Bengal in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries considers how social constructions of gender shaped their lives. The author demonstrates how the long-term trends in the Indian economy devalued women's labor, 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 study will make a significant contribution to the understanding of the social and economic history of colonial India and to notions of gender construction.

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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.

Table of Contents

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.

Review

'... Indian economic history has normally used a narrowly western model of manufacture which describes the principal conflict as between capital and labour. Sen makes a real contribution in describing a further, and specifically Indian, level of complexity.' Times Literary Supplement '... this book is a valuable addition to the history of women in colonised societies. It should be of interest to scholars of different disciplines who are interested in the historical and contemporary nexus between work and stratification.' Times Higher Education Supplement

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' ... this book is a valuable addition to the history of women in colonised societies. It should be of interest to scholars of different disciplines who are interested in the historical and contemporary nexus between work and stratification.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

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The history of labouring women in late colonial Calcutta demonstrates how social constructions of gender shaped their lives.

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In a history of labouring women in Calcutta, the author demonstrates how social constructions of gender shaped their lives and how the long-term trends in the Indian economy devalued their labour. The study makes a significant contribution to the social and economic history of colonial India.

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In a history of labouring women in Calcutta, the author demonstrates how social constructions of gender shaped their lives and how the long-term trends in the Indian economy devalued their labour. The study makes a significant contribution to the social and economic history of colonial India.

Details ISBN0521035066 Author Samita Sen Short Title WOMEN & LABOUR IN LATE COLONIA Pages 288 Publisher Cambridge University Press Series Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society (Paperback) Language English ISBN-10 0521035066 ISBN-13 9780521035064 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 331.409 Series Number 3 Year 2006 Publication Date 2006-11-30 Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle The Bengal Jute Industry Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Edition 1st Edition Description Revised Affiliation University of Calcutta Illustrations 12 Tables, unspecified; 1 Maps DOI 10.1604/9780521035064 Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2006-12-14 AU Release Date 2006-12-14 NZ Release Date 2006-12-14 We've got this

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