TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aymer, Paula L.
TI  - Uprooted women: migrant domestics in the Caribbean 
SN  - 0275958833
AV  - HD6110 .A95 1997
U1  - 331.4/8164/04609729 21
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Westport, Conn
PB  - Praeger
KW  - Women foreign workers
KW  - Caribbean Area
KW  - Women household employees
KW  - Aruba
KW  - Travailleuses  etrang eres
KW  - Cara ibes (R egion)
KW  - Employ ees de maison
KW  - fast
KW  - Huishoudelijk personeel
KW  - gtt
KW  - Vrouwen
KW  - Arbeidsmigratie
KW  - Ausl andische Arbeitnehmerin
KW  - gnd
KW  - Karibik
N1  - Includes bibliographical references ([159]-169) and index; Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. U.S. Oil Enterprises in the Caribbean -- Ch. 3. Eastern Caribbean Women: Wage Workers -- Ch. 4. Foreign Temporary Workers: Migrant Workers -- Ch. 5. Migration Decision Making -- Ch. 6. Migration and Motherhood -- Ch. 7. Migrant Domestics on Aruba -- Ch. 8. Conclusions
N2  - "Traces labor migration of women from Eastern Caribbean to oil-producing countries such as Venezuela, Trinidad, Cura cao, and especially Aruba. Discusses women's participation in the labor force, gender relations, domestic service, the social and economic position of the migrants, and motherhood. Argues that US investments are an important factor in the migration of Caribbean women"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57
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