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Mining Women : Gender in the Development of a Global Industry, 1670 to 2005 /

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This book explores gender relations and women's work and activism in different parts of the world. It also explores the subject from multiple perspectives and links each of these not only to cultural and domestic arrangements but also to an emerging industrial and capitalist system from the Eig...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gier, Jaclyn J. (Editor), Mercier, Laurie (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Subjects:
History.
African History.
Gender Studies.
History of the Americas.
Latin American Culture.
Social History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Ethnology > Latin America.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Sex (Psychology)
Social history.
Sociology.
World history.
Africa > History.
America > History.
Electronic books.
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Summary:This book explores gender relations and women's work and activism in different parts of the world. It also explores the subject from multiple perspectives and links each of these not only to cultural and domestic arrangements but also to an emerging industrial and capitalist system from the Eighteenth through the Twentieth centuries.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (X, 355 pages)
ISBN:9781349733996
DOI:10.1007/978-1-349-73399-6