Militant women of a fragile nation by Abisaab, Malek Hassan

Table of Contents: “…From loom to puff: women and waged labor in colonial Lebanon -- Domesticity and waged labor: gendered and class polemics in colonial and postcolonial times -- At the legal frontiers: "unruly" workingwomen between colonial authority and the national state, 1940-1946 -- Rural displacement and migration among the Régie workers, 1950-1980 -- Women negotiate family and work: 1950-1997 -- "Qati al-arzaq min qati al-anaq": gendered boundaries and class, tobacco women's struggle, 1960-1965.…”
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Militant women of a fragile nation by Abisaab, Malek Hassan

Table of Contents: “…From loom to puff: women and waged labor in colonial Lebanon -- Domesticity and waged labor: gendered and class polemics in colonial and postcolonial times -- At the legal frontiers: "unruly" workingwomen between colonial authority and the national state, 1940-1946 -- Rural displacement and migration among the Régie workers, 1950-1980 -- Women negotiate family and work: 1950-1997 -- "Qati al-arzaq min qati al-anaq": gendered boundaries and class, tobacco women's struggle, 1960-1965.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view