ISBN:
0313030235
,
9780313030239
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 162 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Contributions in women's studies no. 173
Parallel Title:
Print version Women of courage
DDC:
305.89240747
Keywords:
Women immigrants Social conditions
;
Italian American women History
;
Women immigrants History
;
Jewish women History
;
Jewish women Social conditions
;
Italian American women Social conditions
Description / Table of Contents:
""Contents""; ""List of Interviewees""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction""; ""PART I: IMMIGRANT WOMEN AND FAMILIES""; ""2. Leaving for America: ""The Beautifulest Country in the World""""; ""3. The Unknown Future""; ""4. Family Structure: Some Theoretical Concepts""; ""5. Fertility and Social Structure""; ""6. Home Life""; ""PART II: WOMEN, WORK, AND MIGRATION""; ""7. Coming to America?: Work as a Motive for Migration""; ""8. Women and Work in the ""Golden Medina""""; ""9. Work, Unions, and Identity: ""To Make for Herself a Person""""; ""Appendix: Interview Transcript Key""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Bibliography""""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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