Memories of migration : gender, ethnicity, and work in the lives of Jewish and Italian women in New York, 1870-1924 / / Kathie Friedman-Kasaba
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Friedman-Kasaba Kathie <1954->
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| Titolo: |
Memories of migration : gender, ethnicity, and work in the lives of Jewish and Italian women in New York, 1870-1924 / / Kathie Friedman-Kasaba
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| Pubblicazione: | Albany, N.Y., : State University of New York Press, c1996 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.48/85107471/09034 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | New York (N.Y.) Emigration and immigration History |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Memories of migration |
| ISBN: | 1-4384-0338-0 |
| 0-585-04287-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815462503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
SUNY series on women and work.