When Women Come First: Gender and Class in Transnational Migration

by Sheba George and Sheba Mariam George

Book Overview

With a subtle yet penetrating understanding of the intricate interplay of gender, race, and class, Sheba George examines an unusual immigration pattern to analyze what happens when women who migrate before men become the breadwinners in the family. Focusing on a group of female nurses who moved from India to the United States before their husbands, she shows that this story of economic mobility and professional achievement conceals underlying conditions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520243196
• ISBN13: 9780520243194
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"