Exploring Race, Ethnicity, and Class

Name: Exploring Race, Ethnicity, and Class
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ISBN: 9780803950597

ISBN-10: 0803950594

ISBN-13: 9780803950597

Edition: 1997

Authors: Elizabeth Higginbotham, Mary Romero

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Women and Work explores how race, ethnicity and social class shape the working lives, working conditions and wages of women from non-white, non-citizen or working-class backgrounds.

Book details

List price: $87.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/12/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English




Introduction


Introduction




Historical and Economic Perspectives


Introduction



An Economic Profile of Women in the United States



Speaking Up



The Politics of Black Women's Labor History



Manufacturing and Domestic Service


Introduction



The Evolution of 'Alohawear'



Colonialism, Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Hawaii's Garment Industry


Everyday Work Experiences



Mexican American and Anglo Women in the Sunbelt Factories


Working 'without Papers' in the US



Towards the Integration of Legal Status in Frameworks of Race, Class and Gender



Health Care, Professions, Managerial and Entrepreneurship


Introduction



Class Experience and Conflict in Feminist Workplaces



A Case Study


Black and White Professional-Managerial Women's Perceptions of Racism and Sexism in the Workplace



Immigrant Entrepreneurship, the Increase in Wife's Economic Role and Unequal Social Rewards



Koreans in New York City



Working for a Better Community: Dilemmas in Building Solidarity


Introduction



Working-Class Mexican American Women and 'Voluntarism'



'We Had to Do It'


The Third Shift



Black Women's Club Activities in Denver, 1900-1925



Epilog


Epilogue