Gender and immigration edited by Gregory A. Kelson and Debra L. DeLaet

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DeLaet, Debra L., 1968-

Kelson, Gregory A., 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women immigrants--Social conditions.

Women immigrants.

Mujeres inmigrantes--Condiciones sociales.

Women immigrants--Economic conditions.

Local Subjects:

Mujeres inmigrantes--Condiciones sociales.

Physical Description:

xv, 218 p. ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c1999.

Contents:

Introduction: the invisibility of women in scholarship on international migration / Debra L. DeLaet

Seeds for self-sufficiency? Policy contraditions at the US-Mexico border / Kathleen Staudt

Labor migration and international sexual division of labor: a feminist perspective / Shu-Ju Ada Cheng

Asian women in business in Australia / David Ip and Constance lever-Tracy

Immigration policy, cultural norms, and gender relations among Indian-American motel owners / Nandini Narain Assar

third world immigrant women in American higher education / Cecilia G. Manrique and Gabriel G. Manrigue

Mail order brides: the legal framework and possibilities for change / Lisa Simons

Sri Lankan Tamil immigrants in Toronto: gender, marriage patterns, and sexuality / Lynn Morrison, Sepali Guruge, and Kymberly A. Snarr

Gender implications of immigration: the case of Russian-speaking women in Israel / Larissa I. Remennick

Social services for immigrant women in European nations: including lessons from the council of Europes' project on human dignity and social exclusion / Brigitte H. Bechtold and Ludmila Dziewiecka-Bokun

Conclusion: policy considerations for the twenty-first century / Gregory A. Kelson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives

ISBN:

0814747329 (pbk.)

0814747310 (cloth)

OCLC:

39533103