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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815462503321

Autore

Friedman-Kasaba Kathie <1954->

Titolo

Memories of migration : gender, ethnicity, and work in the lives of Jewish and Italian women in New York, 1870-1924 / / Kathie Friedman-Kasaba

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, N.Y., : State University of New York Press, c1996

ISBN

1-4384-0338-0

0-585-04287-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

SUNY series on women and work

Disciplina

305.48/85107471/09034

Soggetti

Women immigrants - New York (State) - New York - History

Jewish women - New York (State) - New York - History

Italian American women - New York (State) - New York - History

New York (N.Y.) Emigration and immigration History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.