Preferences and prejudices: Employers' views on domestic workers in the Republic of Yemen

Signs

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 559-581

  De Regt, Marina ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL HISTORY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 63049087041     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593330     Document Type: Article

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