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

by L. Mercier (Editor), J. Gier-Viskovatoff (Editor)

Overview

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

ISBN-13:	9780230621046
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	10/12/2009
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	355
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Introduction; L. Mercier and J. Gier Part I The Indigenous, Colonial and Imperial Legacy Mining Women, Royal Slaves: Copper Mining in Colonial Cuba, 1670-1780; M. Díaz Making a Difference in Colonial Interventionism in Gold Mining in Ghana: The Social and Political Activism of Two Women, 1874-1893; K. Akurang-Parry Lifting the Layers of the Mountain's Petticoats: Mining and Gender in Potosí's Pachamama; P. Absi Kamins Building the Empire: Class, Caste and Gender Interface in Indian Collieries; K. Lahiri-Dutt Part II Engendered Bodies and the Masculinization of the Mining Industry: Separate Spheres and the Role of Women in the Mining Household and Community, 1800-1940 Sociability, Solidarity and Social Exclusion: Women's Activism in the South Wales Coalfield, c. 1830-1939; R. Jones Gender Relations in Iron Mining Communities in Sweden, 1900-1940; E. Blomberg Invisible Labor: A Comparative Oral History of Women in Coal Mining Communities of Hokkaido, Japan, and Montana, U.S.A., 1890-1940; K. Yoshida and R. Miyauchi Economic Change and Women Miners of Chikuho, Japan; S. Sone Part III Gender, Mining Communities, and Labor Protests, 1900-1960 'I'm a Johnny Mitchell Man': Gender and Labor Protest in the Pennsylvania Hard Coal Uprising, 1900-1902; B. Stepenoff Violence and the Colorado National Guard: Masculinity, Race, Class, and Identity in the 1913-14 Southern Colorado Coal Strike; A. DeStefanis 'I Hate to Be Calling Her a Wife Now': Women and Men in the Salt of the Earth Strike, 1950-1952; E. Baker Godless Communists and Faithful Wives, Gender Relations and the Cold War: Mine Mill and the 1958 Strike Against the International Nickel Company; M. Steedman Part IV The Division of Mining Labor Revisited: Cultures of Solidarity, Deindustrialization, and the Globalized Economy, 1945-2005 Just a Housewife? Miners' Wives between Household and Work in Postwar Germany; Y. Jung Women into Mining Jobs at Inco: Challenging the Gender Division of Labour;J. Keck and M. Powell From Ludlow to Camp Solidarity: Women, Men, and Cultures of Solidarity in U.S. Coal Communities, 1912-1990; C. Guerin-Gonzales Epilogue Mining Women Find a Voice: Working Class and Environmental Feminism in the Twenty-First Century; J. Gier Bibliography Contributors Index

Editorial Reviews

'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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