Gender and international migration : from the slavery era to the global age / Katharine M. Donato and Donna Gabaccia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donato, Katharine M., author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Gabaccia, Donna R., 1949-

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women immigrants--History.

Women immigrants.

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects--History.

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 254 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2015]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In 2006, the United Nations reported on the "feminization" of migration, noting that the number of female migrants had doubled over the last five decades. Likewise, global awareness of issues like human trafficking and the exploitation of immigrant domestic workers has increased attention to the gender makeup of migrants. But are women really more likely to migrate today than they were in earlier times? In Gender and International Migration, sociologist and demographer Katharine Donato and historian Donna Gabaccia evaluate the historical evidence to show that women have been a significant part of migration flows for centuries. The first scholarly analysis of gender and migration over the centuries, Gender and International Migration demonstrates that variation in the gender composition of migration reflects not only the movements of women relative to men, but larger shifts in immigration policies and gender relations in the changing global economy. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Understanding Sex, Gender, and Migration Studies 17

Chapter 1 Data and Discipline; Discovering the Feminization of Migration 19

Chapter 2 Analyzing Migrant Gender Composition with Statistical Data on Sex 39

Part II Analyzing Gender Composition in Historical Flow Data 53

Chapter 3 Gender and Early Modern Migrations, 1492-1867 55

Chapter 4 Global Convergence: Gender and the Proletarian Mass Migrations, 1800-1924 74

Chapter 5 The Twentieth Century: Migrant Gender Composition After 1918 96

Part III Analyzing Migrant Gender Composition with Micro-Level Stock Data 119

Chapter 6 How and Why Migrant Gender Composition Varies, 1970-2010 121

Chapter 7 Consequences: A Story of Moderation and Convergence 150.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-238) and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781610448475

1610448472

Publisher Number:

99976886390

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.