Latinas and African American Women at Work Race, Gender, and Economic Inequality / Irene Browne, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Browne, Irene.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic American women--Employment.

Hispanic American women.

African American women--Employment.

African American women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (452 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of Choice magazine's Outstanding Academic Books of 1999 Accepted wisdom about the opportunities available to African American and Latina women in the U.S.labor market has changed dramatically.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Introduction: Latinas and African American Women in the U.S. Labor Market - Irene Browne; Part I. Employment and Earnings Among Latinas and African American Women; Chapter 1. The Economic Progress of African American Women - Mary Corcoran; Chapter 2. Losing Ground: The Erosion of the Relative Earnings of African American Women during the 1980s - John Bound and Laura Dresser; Chapter 3. The Economic Progress of Mexican and Puerto Rican Women - Mary Corcoran, Colleen M. Heflin, and Belinda L. Reyes

Chapter 4. Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Wages - Paula England, Karen Christopher, and Lori L. ReidChapter 5. Occupational Segregation by Race and Ethnicity among Women Workers - Barbara F. Reskin; Part II. The Dynamics of Race and Gender in the Labor Market; Chapter 6. Generational Paths Into and Out of Work: Personal Narratives of Puerto Rican Women in New York - Aixa N. Cintron-Wlez; Chapter 7. Mexican-Origin Women in Southwestern Labor Markets - Susan Gonzalez Baker

Chapter 8. Getting Off and Staying Off: Racial Differences in the Work Route Off Welfare - Kathryn Edin and Kathleen Mullan HarrisChapter 9. Stereotypes and Realities: Images of Black Women In the Labor Market - Irene Browne and Ivy Kennelly; Chapter 10. Perceptions of Workplace Discrimination among Black and White Professional-Managerial Women - Elizabeth Higginbotham and Lynn Weber; Part III. New Directions for Social Theory and Policy; Chapter 11. Black Women and the New World Order: Toward a Fit in the Economic Marketplace - Delores P. Aldridge

Chapter 12. Now You See 'Em, Now You Don't: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Labor Market Research - Barbara F. Reskin and Camille Z. CharlesChapter 13. Latinas and African American Women in the Labor Market: Implications for Policy - Joya Misra ; Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-61044-094-3

OCLC:

905604688