Jamaican domestics, Filipina housekeepers and English nannies: Representations of Toronto's foreign domestic workers

Gender, Migration and Domestic Service

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 43-60

  Stiell, Bernadette ^a   England, Kim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84909092605     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203452509     Document Type: Chapter

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