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Product Description
Book
The extensively researched story of the women and girls who worked at the mines of South West England. 'Bal' is Cornish for 'Mine' and females working at the mines tend to be referred to as maidens (maid'ns) in the 18th century cost books.
Contents
- List of illustrations, tables, diagrams, and poems
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1. Balmaidens - Their history
- Chapter 2. Balmaidens at work
- Chapter 3. Balmaidens at home
- Chapter 4. Balmaidens at the Copper Mines
- Chapter 5. Balmaidens at the Tim Mines and Smelters
- Chapter 6. The