Maid to order in Hong Kong : stories of migrant workers
Nicole Constable
| Year of publication: |
2007 ; 2. ed.
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| Authors: | Constable, Nicole |
| Publisher: |
Ithaca, NY [u.a.] : Cornell Univ. Press |
| Subject: | Arbeitsmigranten | Migrant workers | Hauspersonal | Domestic workers | Weibliche Arbeitskräfte | Women workers | Philippinisch | Philippine | Indonesisch | Indonesian | Arbeiterbewegung | Labour movement | Globalisierung | Globalization | Hongkong | Hong Kong |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Table of Contents [loc.gov] |
| Extent: | XXVI, 242, [8] S. Ill. 24 cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Type of publication (narrower categories): | Bibliografie enthalten ; Bibliography included |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index Foreign and domestic in Hong Kong -- Global themes and local patterns -- Superior servants -- The trade in workers -- Household rules and relations -- Disciplined migrants, docile workers -- Resistance and protest -- Docility and self-discipline -- Pleasure and power. Foreign and domestic in Hong Kong -- Global themes and local patterns -- Superior servants -- The trade in workers -- Household rules and relations -- Disciplined migrants, docile workers -- Resistance and protest -- Docility and self-discipline -- Pleasure and power |
| ISBN: | 0-8014-7323-3 ; 0-8014-4647-3 ; 978-0-8014-7323-4 ; 978-0-8014-4647-4 |
| Classification: | China ; Frau ; Dienstleistungen: Sonstiges |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003449440