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Laurie Mercier (Ed.) - Mining Women: Gender in the Development of a Global Industry, 1670 to 2005 - 9780230621046 - V9780230621046
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Mining Women: Gender in the Development of a Global Industry, 1670 to 2005

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Description for Mining Women: Gender in the Development of a Global Industry, 1670 to 2005 Paperback. This book presents new essays that illuminate how gender identities and inequality have been constructed historically and sustained in what could be hailed as the first truly global enterprise and arguably the most 'masculine' of industries - mining. Editor(s): Mercier, Laurie; Gier, Jaclyn J. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
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.

Product Details

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
355
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230621046
SKU
V9780230621046
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 10 to 12 working days
Ref
99-15

About Laurie Mercier (Ed.)
LAURIE MERCIER is Associate Professor of History, Washington State University, USA. JACLYN GIER is Director of European Studies and Associate Professor of History in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, USA.

Reviews for Mining Women: Gender in the Development of a Global Industry, 1670 to 2005
'At last here is a book that links women and mining across time and place. In this lively and original collection we cross continents, enter many types of mines, explore male and female responses to women miners, and see how women from mining communities in many different parts of the world have met challenges. These riveting stories and reflections help ... Read more

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