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Author Friedman-Kasaba, Kathie, 1954-

Title Memories of migration : gender, ethnicity, and work in the lives of Jewish and Italian women in New York, 1870-1924 / Kathie Friedman-Kasaba.

Publication Info. Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, [1996]
©1996

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.48851 F911M    Check Shelf
Description xii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series SUNY series on women and work
SUNY series on women and work.
Contents Introduction: Starting from Home -- Ch. 1. Women and International Migration: Moving Beyond Unproductive Polarizations -- Ch. 2. "Why Did We Have to Leave?": The Shifting Patterns of Jewish Women's Lives in Russia at the Turn of the Century -- Ch. 3. "Take Me to America": The Origins of Italian Women's Migration to the United States at the Turn of the Century -- Ch. 4. "So, We Have Crossed Half the World for This?": The Incorporation of Immigrant Wives and Mothers in New York, 1870-1924 -- Ch. 5. "The Right to a Personality": The Experiences of Young Single Immigrant Women in New York, 1870-1924.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-233) and index.
Subject Women immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Jewish women -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Italian American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
New York (N.Y.) -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
ISBN 0791427617 alkaline paper
0791427625 paperback alkaline paper
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