West Indian women's experience in Los Angeles
Subtitle: the impact of politics and the global economy
By: Stacey Squires
Series: The new Americans: recent immigration and American society
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: El Paso
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9781593324759
Subjects: Women; Emigration and immigration; West Indians; History; Employment; Women immigrants
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Legislation, immigration, and the labor market : the West Indian experience; title: Cause and effects of globalization on women in the labor force; title: Historical background : politics in the Caribbean and the effects on migration; title: Historical background of West Indians immigration to the United States : New York and California; title: West Indian immigrants to Los Angeles : ethnographic data; title: Feminization of migration : West Indian women in the United States, California, and Los Angeles; title: West Indian women in the Los Angeles labor market : the role of the feminization of labor; title: West Indian women in the Los Angeles area : are they successful?; title: History, politics, economics, and the labor market : what are the implications?; title: References; title: Index.