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

Annotation 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 Introduction Part I. The indigenous, colonial, and imperial legacy. 1. Mining women, royal slaves : copper mining in colonial Cuba, 1670-1780 / María Elena Díaz - 2. Making a difference in colonial interventionism in gold mining in Wassa Fiase, Gold Coast (Ghana) : the activism of two women, 1874-1893 / Kwabena O. Akurang-Parry - 3. Lifting the layers of the mountain's petticoats : mining and gender in Potosí's Pachamama / Pascale Absi - 4. Kamins building the empire : class, caste, and gender interface in Indian collieries / Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt Part II. Engendering Bodies and the Masculinization of the Mining Industry: Separate Spheres and the Role of Women in Mining, the Mining Household, and Community, 1800-1940. 5. Sociability, solidarity, and social exclusion : women's activism in the South Wales coalfield, ca. 1830-1939 / Rosemary Jones - 6. Gender relations in iron mining communities in Sweden, 1900-1940 / Eva Blomberg - 7. Invisible labor : a comparative oral history of women in coal mining communities of Hokkaido, Japan, and Montana, USA, 1890-1940 / Kayoko Yoshida and Reiko Miyauchi - 8. Coal mining women speak out : economic change and women miners of Chikuho, Japan / Sachiko Sone Part III. Gender, Mining Communities, and Labor Protests. 9. "I'm not a Johnny Mitchell man" : gender and labor protest in the Pennsylvania hard coal uprising, 1900-1902 / Bonnie Stepenoff - 10. Violence and the Colorado National Guard : masculinity, race, class, and identity in the 1913-1914 Southern Colorado coal strike / Anthony DeStefanis - 11. "I hate to be calling her a wife now" : women and men in the Salt of the earth strike, 1950-1952 / Ellen Baker - 12. Godless communists and faithful wives, gender relations and the Cold War : Mine mill and the 1958 strike against the International Nickel Company / Mercedes Steedman Part IV. The Division of Mining Labor Revisited: State Cultures of Solidarity, Deindustrialization, and the Globalized Economy, 1945-2005.13. Just a housewife? Miners' wives between household and work in postwar Germany / Yong-Sook Jung - 14. Women into mining jobs at Inco : challenging the gender division of labor / Jennifer Keck and Mary Powell - 15. From Ludlow to Camp Solidarity : women, men, and cultures of solidarity in U.S. coal communities, 1912-1990 / Camille Guerin-Gonzalez Epilogue : Mining women find a voice : working class and environmental feminism in the twenty-first century / Jaclyn J. Gier. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-10 Front Matter....Pages 11-20 Mining Women, Royal Slaves: Copper Mining in Colonial Cuba, 1670–1780....Pages 21-39 Making a Difference in Colonial Interventionism in Gold Mining in Wassa Fiase, Gold Coast (Ghana): The Activism of Two Women, 1874–1893....Pages 40-57 Lifting the Layers of the Mountain’s Petticoats: Mining and Gender in Potosí’s Pachamama....Pages 58-70 Kamins Building the Empire: Class, Caste, and Gender Interface in Indian Collieries....Pages 71-87 Front Matter....Pages 89-95 Sociability, Solidarity, and Social Exclusion: Women’s Activism in the South Wales Coalfield, ca. 1830 to 1939....Pages 96-118 Gender Relations in Iron Mining Communities in Sweden, 1900–1940....Pages 119-135 Invisible Labor: A Comparative Oral History of Women in Coal Mining Communities of Hokkaido, Japan, and Montana, USA, 1890–1940....Pages 136-152 Coal Mining Women Speak Out: Economic Change and Women Miners of Chikuho, Japan....Pages 153-170 Front Matter....Pages 171-180 “I’m a Johnny Mitchell Man”: Gender and Labor Protest in the Pennsylvania Hard Coal Uprising, 1900–1902....Pages 181-194 Violence and the Colorado National Guard: Masculinity, Race, Class, and Identity in the 1913–1914 Southern Colorado Coal Strike....Pages 195-212 “I Hate to Be Calling Her a Wife Now”: Women and Men in the Salt of the Earth Strike, 1950–1952....Pages 213-232 Godless Communists and Faithful Wives, Gender Relations and the Cold War: Mine Mill and the 1958 Strike against the International Nickel Company....Pages 233-253 Front Matter....Pages 255-261 Just a Housewife? Miners’ Wives between Household and Work in Postwar Germany....Pages 262-279 Women into Mining Jobs at Inco: Challenging the Gender Division of Labor....Pages 280-295 From Ludlow to Camp Solidarity: Women, Men, and Cultures of Solidarity in U.S. Coal Communities, 1912–1990....Pages 296-324 Epilogue....Pages 325-334 Back Matter....Pages 335-355 "Mining Women "presents eighteen 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. These essays explore gender relations and women's work and activism in different parts of the world and from multiple perspectives. They investigate not only gender's role in the domestic and cultural aspects of mining communities, but also its impact on the emerging industrial and capitalist system from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Each essay is important for understanding the ways in which gender is imagined, lived, inscribed, and contested in specific historical and material contexts. As a whole, the volume reveals that despite the tremendous variation between industries, cultures, and national experiences, women have challenged the constraints of gender definitions on their lives and work. -- Back cover.