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

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Squires examines West Indian women in Los Angeles. Most studies on West Indians are conducted in New York City or Miami. Examining this group of immigrants in Los Angeles shows how similar and different they are from those that settle in New York City. In addition, it adds to the literature on immig...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Squires, Stacey, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., ©2012.
Colección:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Temas:
Women immigrants > California > Los Angeles.
West Indians > California > Los Angeles > History.
Women > Employment > California > Los Angeles > History.
Immigrantes > Californie > Los Angeles.
Antillais > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Emigration and immigration
West Indians
Women > Employment
Women immigrants
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Emigration and immigration.
California > Los Angeles
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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