Puerto Rican Women and Work : Bridges in Transnational Labor
Altagracia. Ortiz
Bok Engelsk 1996 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Philadelphia : : Temple University Press, , 1996.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (261 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - PREFACE; Introduction; ONE Needlewomen under the New Dealin Puerto Rico, 1920-1945; TWO"" En la aguja y el pedal eche la hiel"":Puerto Rican Women in the Garment Industry of New York City, 1920-1980; THREE Toward Bilingual Education: Puerto Rican Women Teachers in New York City Schools, 1947-1967; FOUR The Impact of Job Losses on Puerto Rican Women in the Middle Atlantic Region, 1970-1980; FIVE Our Two Full-Time Jobs: Women Garment Workers Balance Factory and Domestic Demands in Puerto Rico; SIX Gender and Politics: Grassroots Leadership among Puerto Rican Women in a Health Struggle. - SEVEN Negotiating Gender, Work, and Welfare: Familia as Productive Labor among Puerto Rican Women in New York CityEIGHT New Tappings on the Keys: Changes in Work and Gender Roles for Women Clerical Workers in Puerto Rico; About the Contributors; Index. - Puerto Rican Women and Work: Bridges in Transnational Labor is the only comprehensive study of the role of Puerto Rican women workers in the evolution of a transnational labor force in the twentieth century.This book examines Puerto Rican women workers, both in Puerto Rico and on the U.S. mainland. It contains a range of information--historical, ethnographic, and statistical. The contributors provide insights into the effects of migration and unionization on women's work, taking into account U.S. colonialism and globalization of capitalism throughout the century as well
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| ISBN | 1566394503. - 1566394511
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