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Immigration and Women: Understanding the American Experience
Susan C. Pearce
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Description for Immigration and Women: Understanding the American Experience
Paperback. Highlights the gendered quality of the immigration process in the US, drawing on Census data and interviews Num Pages: 319 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
The popular debate around contemporary U.S. immigration tends to conjure images of men waiting on the side of the road for construction jobs, working in kitchens or delis, driving taxis, and sending money to their wives and families in their home countries, while women are often left out of these pictures. Immigration and Women is a national portrait of immigrant women who live in the United States today, featuring the voices of these women as they describe their contributions to work, culture, and activism.
Through an examination of U.S. Census data and interviews with women across nationalities, we hear ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
Number of Pages
319
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814767399
SKU
V9780814767399
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About Susan C. Pearce
Susan C. Pearce is Associate Professor of Sociology at East Carolina University and co-editor of Reformulations: Markets, Policy, and Identities in Central and Eastern Europe and Mosaics of Change: The First Decade of Life in the New Eastern Europe. Elizabeth Clifford is Professor of Sociology at Towson University, where she is also Director of American Studies and Coordinator of the ... Read more
Reviews for Immigration and Women: Understanding the American Experience
...An engaging read...I would strongly recommend it as a course text.
Mobilization
It contributes a great deal to our deeper understanding of the gendered nature of migration, as well as the ways in which human beings marshal their personal resources to reconstruct their lives. I recommend it.
Contemporary Sociology
A must read for sociologists, gender scholars, ... Read more
Mobilization
It contributes a great deal to our deeper understanding of the gendered nature of migration, as well as the ways in which human beings marshal their personal resources to reconstruct their lives. I recommend it.
Contemporary Sociology
A must read for sociologists, gender scholars, ... Read more