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Author Constable, Nicole.

Title Maid to order in Hong Kong : stories of migrant workers / Nicole Constable.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.

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Edition 2nd ed.
Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 242 pages, 7 unnumbered pages) : illustrations.
Shona language
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cornell paperbacks
Cornell paperbacks.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Foreign and domestic in Hong Kong -- Global themes and local patterns -- Superior servants -- The trade in workers -- Household rules and relations -- Disciplined migrants, docile workers -- Resistance and protest -- Docility and self-discipline -- Pleasure and power.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Women household employees -- China -- Hong Kong.
Women household employees.
China -- Hong Kong.
Foreign workers, Filipino -- China -- Hong Kong.
Foreign workers, Filipino.
Foreign workers, Indonesian -- China -- Hong Kong.
Foreign workers, Indonesian.
Filipinos -- Employment -- China -- Hong Kong.
Filipinos -- Employment.
Filipinos.
Indonesians -- Employment -- China -- Hong Kong.
Indonesians.
Women foreign workers -- China -- Hong Kong.
Women foreign workers.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Constable, Nicole. Maid to order in Hong Kong. 2nd ed. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007 (DLC) 2007013550
ISBN 0801460468 (electronic book)
9780801460463 (electronic book)
9780801446474
0801446473
9780801473234
0801473233