Women and Labour in Late Colonial India
Samita (University of Calcutta) Sen
Cambridge University Press, 2006
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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.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521035064
- ISBN-10
- 0521035066
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2006
- Publication date
- 2006-12-14
- Pages
- 288
- Dimensions
- 228x152x19
- Weight
- 436