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Race, Class, Women and the State: The Case of Domestic Labour »

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Authors: Tanya Schecter
ISBN-13: 9781551641096, ISBN-10: 1551641097
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Black Rose Books
Date Published: January 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Tanya Schecter

Book Synopsis

Examines the effect of Canadian immigration policies on both the public and the private worlds of Canadian women.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Mistress-Servant Relationship1
Ch. 1Setting the Stage: Women Belong to the Hearth and Home21
Ch. 2Unequal Development: Black Women Enter the Homes that White Women Leave for the Market69
Ch. 3One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The Issues of Nationalized Day Care and Foreign Domestic Workers Since the 197Os107
Conclusion151
Bibliography167
Index183

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