Women of the Coal Rushes

Murray & Peetz, Georgina / David

ISBN 10: 1742232213 / ISBN 13: 9781742232218

Published by UNSW, 2010

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Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Women & Feminism; Australia; Australian History; Engineering, Industrial, Trade. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781742232218. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 24885. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right. Seller Inventory # 24885

Bibliographic Details

Title: Women of the Coal Rushes

Publisher: UNSW

Publication Date: 2010

Binding: Softcover (Stiff Card)

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

Think coal mining, and most likely you think men. This book tells a very different story. Women have long been the backbone of the coal mining industry. As wives and mothers theyve fought battles for better working conditions; established womens auxiliaries; distributed food to strikers and their families, and stood on picket lines. In recent decades theyve started working on trucks and in the mines. David Peetz and Georgina Murray spoke to more than 100 women, from southeast Queensland coal mining towns like Collinsville, Moranbah, Dysart, Tieri, Middlemount and Biloela, who shared their inspirational, moving, and often painful stories. Women of the Coal Rushes is a unique and very personal account of some of the women who have played such an integral part in the production of Australias black gold.

About the Author:

Georgina Murray is a senior lecturer in humanities at Griffith University. David Peetz is a professor of employment relations at Griffith University. They are members of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing in Australia.