Is this Canada?: Domestic workers' experiences in Vancouver, BC

Gender, Migration and Domestic Service

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 23-42

  Pratt, Geraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84908930637     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203452509     Document Type: Chapter

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