Proletarian and gendered mass migrations : a global perspective on continuities and discontinuities from the 19th to the 21st centuries / / edited by Dirk Hoerder and Amarjit Kaur.

• TeilnehmendeR: Hoerder, Dirk.; Kaur, Amarjit, 1948-
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Global Social History 12/1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (584 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Understanding International Migration: Comparative and Transcultural Perspectives /; Transcultural Approaches to Gendered Labour Migration: From the Nineteenth-Century Proletarian to Twenty-First-Century Caregiver Mass Migrations /; Globalizing the Household in East Asia /; Domestic Service and Urbanization in Latin America from the Nineteenth Century to the Present /; Feminization and Problematization of Migration: Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries /; Migration and Family Systems in Russia and the Soviet Union, Nineteenth to Twentieth Centuries /; Femina migrans: Agency of European Women Migrating to Domestic Work in North America, 1880's to 1950's /; Interdependence and Convergence: Migration, Men, Women, and Work in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1800–1975 /; Migrations in the Maghreb and Western Mediterranean /; “Women Were Strong”: Gender and Migration from the Eastern Mediterranean /; Chinese Emigration in Global Context, 1850–1940 /; Japan, Labour Migration, and the Global Order of Difference /; Shifting Geographies of Migration in Southeast Asia: Continuity and Change in Proletarian and Gendered Migrations /; Migration into Thailand: Change and Continuity from a Gender Perspective /; Indonesian Domestic Workers Overseas: Their Position and Protection in the Global Labour Market /; From Amah-chieh to Indonesian Maids: A Comparative Study in the Context of Malaysia circa 1930's–1990's /; Women Migrant Workers and Visibility in Malaysia: The Role of Media in Society /; Rethinking the “Left-Behind” in Chinese Migrations: A Case of Liberating Wives in 1950's South China /; Marriage Migration: Love in Brokered Marriages in Contemporary Japan /; Migration and Transformation: The Gendering of International Migration from the Philippines in the Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries /; Notes on Contributors --; Bibliography --; Index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004251383
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Dirk Hoerder and Amarjit Kaur.

Proletarian and Gendered Mass Migrations connects the 19th- and 20th-century labor migrations and migration systems in global transcultural perspective. It emphasizes macro-regional internal continuities or discontinuities and interactions between and within macro-regions. The essays look at migrant workers experiences in constraining frames and the options they seize or constraints they circumvent. It traces the development from 19th-century proletarian migrations to industries and plantations across the globe to 20th- and 21st-century domestics and caregiver migrations. It integrates male and female migration and shows how women have always been present in mass migrations. Studies on historical development over time are supplemented by case studies on present migrations in Asia and from Asia. A systems approach is combined with human agency perspectives. Contributors include Rochelle Ball, Shelly Chan, Dennis D. Cordell, Michael Douglass, Christiane Harzig, Dirk Hoerder, Muhamad Nadratuzzaman Hosen, Hassène Kassar, Kamel Kateb, Amarjit Kaur, Kiranjit Kaur, Gijs Kessler, Akram Khater, Elizabeth A. Kuznesof, Vera Mackie, Adam McKeown, Tomoko Nakamatsu, Ooi Keat Gin, Aswatini Raharto, Marlou Schrover, and Patcharawalai Wongboonsin.