UID:
almafu_9959229110402883
Format:
1 online resource (258 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4384-0338-0
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0-585-04287-X
Series Statement:
SUNY series on women and work
Content:
Offers a comparative historical study of women's migration from Russia and Italy to New York at the turn of the 20th century. Taking an interdisciplinary and global perspective, the book examines the causes and consequences of women's migration, contrasting the adaptation experiences of Jewish and Italian women.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Content -- Women and International Migration: Moving Beyond Unproductive Polarizations -- Why Did We Have to Leave?": The Shifting Patterns of Jewish Women's Lives in Russia at the Turn of the Century -- Take Me to America": The Origins of Italian Women's Migration to the United States at the Turn of the Century -- So, We Have Crossed Half the World for This?: The Incorporation of Immigrant Wives and Mothers in New York, 1870-1924 -- The Right to a Personality: The Experiences of Young Single Immigrant Women in New York, 1870-1924 -- Back Matter -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Back Cover.
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7914-2761-7
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3408241
