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[Review Of] Catherine Ceniza Choy. Empire Of Care: Nursing And Migration In Filipino American History, Cecilia G. Manrique
[Review Of] Catherine Ceniza Choy. Empire Of Care: Nursing And Migration In Filipino American History, Cecilia G. Manrique
Ethnic Studies Review
This book takes a look at the topic of the twentieth-century migration of Filipinos to the United States and focuses specifically on those migrants in the nursing profession. Whether one agrees with the author or not, the basic premise of the piece is that an international Filipino professional nurse labor force has been created due to the historical demands of U.S. imperialism. This re-examination of the history of the role of nursing in U.S. colonialism shows that not all immigrants readily assimilate into American society and that the racialization of Filipinos in the United States continually takes place.
[Review Of] Hoerder, Dirk. Cultures In Contact: World Migrations In The Second Millennium, Jac D. Bulk
[Review Of] Hoerder, Dirk. Cultures In Contact: World Migrations In The Second Millennium, Jac D. Bulk
Ethnic Studies Review
Cultures in Contact is an ambitious tome of the annotated world history of human mass migrations both within and between national boundaries. This book provides a glorious descriptive wealth of when, where, and to a lesser extent "why" mass migrations have occurred across the largest and most populous regions of the planet earth over the span of the past millennium. In this regard it may serve as a valued reference work for anyone curious about the "bigger picture" of migration flows; however, those seeking a simplistic theoretical synthesis that would account for the myriad patterns of human migrations over the …