02377nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10511650 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110915s2012 nmu sb 001 0 eng d 2011036552 9781593324759 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781593325060 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)787842713 n-us-ca JV6602 .S65 2012eb 331.4089/969729079494 23 Squires, Stacey, 1963- West Indian women's experience in Los Angeles [electronic resource] : the impact of politics and the global economy / Stacey Squires. El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., c2012. viii, 195 p. The new Americans: recent immigration and American society Includes bibliographical references and index. Legislation, immigration, and the labor market : the West Indian experience -- Cause and effects of globalization on women in the labor force -- Historical background : politics in the Caribbean and the effects on migration -- Historical background of West Indians immigration to the United States : New York and California -- West Indian immigrants to Los Angeles : ethnographic data -- Feminization of migration : West Indian women in the United States, California, and Los Angeles -- West Indian women in the Los Angeles labor market : the role of the feminization of labor -- West Indian women in the Los Angeles area : are they successful? -- History, politics, economics, and the labor market : what are the implications? -- References -- Index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Women immigrants California Los Angeles. West Indians California Los Angeles History. Women Employment California Los Angeles History. Los Angeles (Calif.) Emigration and immigration. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10511650 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 119431 119431