Waiting On Washington

Waiting On Washington

by Repak, Terry A.

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In an analysis of recent immigration patterns in Washington, D.C., Terry A. Repak documents the unusual predominance of women among Central American immigrants. Two thirds of the arriving immigrants in earlier decades have been women, many of them recruited by international diplomats and U.S. government employees to work as housekeepers and nannies. Repak considers the labor force participation patterns for women compared to men, the effect of immigration laws-particularly the IRCA's uneven imp…

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  • Full title :Waiting On Washington / Terry A. Repak.

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In an analysis of recent immigration patterns in Washington, D.C., Terry A. Repak documents the unusual predominance of women among Central American immigrants. Two thirds of the arriving immigrants in earlier decades have been women, many of them recruited by international diplomats and U.S. government employees to work as housekeepers and nannies. Repak considers the labor force participation patterns for women compared to men, the effect of immigration laws-particularly the IRCA's uneven impact on women versus men-and the profound adjustments in gender roles and identities that acco.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©1995.

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Description based upon print version of record.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1439903859, 9781439903858, 9786612658242, 661265824X, 1282658247, 9781282658240, 1566393027, 9781566393027
  • oclc:on1162184365
  • LC Classification:HD8085.W183
  • Dewey Decimal:331.6/27280753

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Maps; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Portrait of a Central American Sending Country; 3. Portrait of a U.S. Receiving City; 4. Labor Recruitment in the Nation's Capital; 5. Working Women and Men in Washington's Labor Market; 6. Manipulating New Immigration Laws; 7. New Roles in a New Landscape; 8. Conclusion; Appendix: Methodology; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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Subjects

Amérique centrale -- Émigration et immi… Central America Central America -- Emigration and immig… Central Americans Central Americans -- Washington (D.C.) Centraméricains -- Washington (D.C.) Emigration and immigration Foreign workers, Latin American Foreign workers, Latin American -- Wash… Travailleurs étrangers latino-américain… Washington (D.C.) Washington (D.C.) -- Emigration and imm…

Writers

Repak, Terry A.

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