West Indian women's experience in Los Angeles : the impact of politics and the global economy /

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Author / Creator:Squires, Stacey, 1963-
Imprint:El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012.
Description:viii, 195 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:The new Americans: recent immigration and American society
New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8768668
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ISBN:9781593324759 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1593324758 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Legislation, immigration, and the labor market : the West Indian experience
  • Cause and effects of globalization on women in the labor force
  • Historical background : politics in the Caribbean and the effects on migration
  • Historical background of West Indians immigration to the United States : New York and California
  • West Indian immigrants to Los Angeles : ethnographic data
  • Feminization of migration : West Indian women in the United States, California, and Los Angeles
  • West Indian women in the Los Angeles labor market : the role of the feminization of labor
  • West Indian women in the Los Angeles area : are they successful?
  • History, politics, economics, and the labor market : what are the implications?
  • References
  • Index.