Occupational Ghettoization: Japanese American Women and Domestic Service, 1905-1970.

Glenn, Evelyn Nakano

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ERIC Number: EJ260981

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Publication Date: 1981-Dec

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Occupational Ghettoization: Japanese American Women and Domestic Service, 1905-1970.

Glenn, Evelyn Nakano

Ethnicity, v8 n4 p352-86 Dec 1981

Shows how racial and gender barriers in the U.S. labor market, in addition to economic and cultural characteristics of the Japanese-American community, pushed Japanese farm women into domestic jobs. Also discusses how World War II and changes in U.S. society in general affected these women's occupational choices and opportunities. (GC)

Descriptors: Economic Factors, Family Structure, Females, Household Workers, Japanese Americans, Labor Market, Social Change, Social Influences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Reports - General

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California

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