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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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The Indigenous, Colonial, and Imperial Legacy
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Engendered Bodies and the Masculinization of the Mining Industry: Separate Spheres and the Role of Women in Mining, the Mining Household, and Community, 1800–1940
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Gender, Mining Communities, and Labor Protests, 1900–1960
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The Division of Mining Labor Revisited: Cultures of Solidarity, Deindustrialization, and the Globalized Economy, 1945–2005
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Keywords
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'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 our understanding of the intricacies of gender relations and reveal the value of international and comparative history. They speak volumes about the bravery, persistence, and networks of mining women, whether facing exclusion, superstition, sexism, or big business. This book too mines a rich seam.' - Angela V. John, Honorary Professor of History, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK and author of By The Sweat of Their Brow: Women Workers at Victorian Coal Mines
'Mining Women mines the historic and global variety of women's participation in an industry commonly thought of as a masculine preserve. Spanning the mining industries of Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas from the 17th century to the present, Mining Women is a rich source for histories of women and gender, class and labor, mining and economic development. This transnational treasure challenges essentialist concepts of women's work, options, or possibilities to reveal rich and complex patterns of gender, activism, and resistance.' - Elizabeth Jameson, Imperial Oil& Lincoln McKay Chair in American Studies, University of Calgary, Canada and author of All That Glitters: Class, Conflict, and Community in Cripple Creek
'Mining Women is a brilliantly conceived and adeptly realized book. The chapters' evenness in length, analytical purpose, and clarity are models to be followed for any edited collection. The book is sure to be assessed as pivotal literature in future scholarship in the field. It should also be mandatory reading for graduate students and also has a place in undergraduate surveys.' - International Review of Social History
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mining Women
Book Subtitle: Gender in the Development of a Global Industry, 1670 to 2005
Editors: Jaclyn J. Gier, Laurie Mercier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-73399-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-6762-6Published: 18 August 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-62104-6Published: 12 October 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 355
Topics: History of the Americas, Latin American Culture, African History, Gender Studies, World History, Global and Transnational History, Social History