| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I -- Understanding Sex, Gender, and Migration Studies; Chapter 1 -- Data and Discipline: Discovering the Feminization of Migration; Chapter 2 -- Analyzing Migrant Gender Composition with Statistical Data on Sex; Part II -- Analyzing Gender Composition in Historical Flow Data; Chapter 3 -- Gender and Early Modern Migrations, 1492-1867; Chapter 4 -- Global Convergence: Gender and the Proletarian Mass Migrations, 1800-1924 |
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Chapter 5 -- The Twentieth Century: Migrant Gender Composition After 1918; Part III -- Analyzing Migrant Gender Composition with Micro-Level Stock Data; Chapter 6 -- How and Why Migrant Gender Composition Varies, 1970-2010; Chapter 7 -- Consequences: A Story of Moderation and Convergence; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index |
| Summary |
In 2006, the United Nations reported on the "feminization" of migration, noting that the number of female migrants had doubled over the last five decades. Likewise, global awareness of issues like human trafficking and the exploitation of immigrant domestic workers has increased attention to the gender makeup of migrants. But are women really more likely to migrate today than they were in earlier times? In Gender and International Migration, sociologist and demographer Katharine Donato and historian Donna Gabaccia evaluate the historical evidence to show that women have been a significant part of migration flows for centuries. The first scholarly analysis of gender and migration over the centuries, Gender and International Migration demonstrates that variation in the gender composition of migration reflects not only the movements of women relative to men, but larger shifts in immigration policies and gender relations in the changing global economy.-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-238) and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 5, 2018) |
| Subject |
Women immigrants -- History
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Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects -- History
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Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
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Women immigrants
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Internationale Migration
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Einwanderin
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Migration -- genusaspekter.
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Demografi -- genusaspekter.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gabaccia, Donna R., 1949-
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| ISBN |
9781610448475 |
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1610448472 |
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