Global woman : nannies, maids, and sex workers in the new economy

Ehrenreich, Barbara. (Added Author). Hochschild, Arlie Russell, 1940- (Added Author).

Summary: Confronting a range of topics, from the fate of Vietnamese mail-order brides to the importation of Mexican nannies in Los Angeles and the selling of Thai girls to Japanese brothels, Global Woman offers an unprecedented look at a world shaped by mass migration and economic exchange on an ever-increasing scale. In fifteen vivid essays-- of which only four have been previously published-- by a diverse and distinguished group of writers, collected and introduced by bestselling authors Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild, this important anthology reveals a new era in which the main resource extracted from the third world is no longer gold or silver, but love.

Record details

ISBN: 080506995X (hc.)
ISBN: 9780805069952 (hc.)
Physical Description: vi, 328 p. ; 24 cm.
print
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Books, 2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Breadwinner No More / Michele Gamburd -- Because She Looks like a Child / Kevin Bales -- Clashing Dreams: Highly Educated Overseas Brides and Low-Wage U.S. Husbands / Hung Cam Thai -- Global Cities and Survival Circuits / Saskia Sassen -- Migration Trends: Maps and Chart / Robert Espinoza.