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Also available in paperback, 9781859739778 GBP17.99 (May, 1998)

About the Author

Shobita Jain IGNOU, New Delhi Rhoda Reddock University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

Reviews

'The literature on plantations [...] has been substantial. Attention to women workers has, however, been scattered and sparse. The book fills a gap both in the history of post-colonial states and that of the economic expansion of Europe.' Oxford: The Journal of the Oxford Society 'The book should arouse concern or interest on several counts: the fate or otherwise in the future, of poorly educated women workers, with limited skills, trapped, if to some extent liberated, from patriarchal dominanace, on commercial plantations; how far plantations cause migration, re-alignment of gender roles, and the blending of cultures.' Anthropology in Action 'Women Plantation Workers encourages us to think in fresh and expansive ways.' American Anthropologist