Labouring communities: Women's roles in the Ombilin coal mines of Sumatra (1892-1965)

Labour in Southeast Asia: Local Processes in a Globalised World

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 359-385

  Erman, Erwiza ^a  

^a INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

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EID: 79952485870     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203641859     Document Type: Chapter

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