Maid to Order in Hong Kong: Stories of Migrant Workers, Second Edition

by Nicole Constable

Book Overview

Middle-class Chinese women in the global city of Hong Kong have entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers over the past three decades, and the demand for foreign domestic workers has soared. A decade ago some foretold the decline in foreign workers and the influx of mainland workers. But today over 120,000 women from the Philippines, over 90,000 from Indonesia, and thousands more from other parts of South and Southeast Asia serve as maids...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801446473
• ISBN13: 9780801446474
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher