| Description |
x, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"We can't go back" : immigrant women, intersections, and agency -- "Your story drops on you" : who are these women? -- "I had to start over" : entering through the front door -- "I had to leave my country one day" : entering through the back door -- "I am not only a domestic worker; I am a woman" : immigrant women and domestic service -- "Mighty oaks" : the entrepreneurs -- "There is still work to do" : immigrant women in gender-atypical occupations -- "Always in life, we are ripping" : culture work -- "Misbehaving women" : the agency of activism -- "Making history" : drawing conclusions, looking forward. |
| Subject |
Women immigrants -- United States.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration.
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Immigrants -- Government policy -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Clifford, Elizabeth J.
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Tandon, Reena.
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| ISBN |
9780814767382 cloth alkaline paper |
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0814767389 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780814767399 pb alkaline paper |
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0814767397 pb alkaline paper |
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