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Putting their hands on race : Irish immigrant and Southern Black domestic workers /

"Putting Their Hands on Race is an intersectional and comparative labor history of Southern African American and Irish immigrant women who labored as domestic workers after migrating to Northeastern cities during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Phillips-Cunningham, Danielle T. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Women household employees > United States > History > 19th century.
Women household employees > United States > History > 20th century.
Irish American women > Northeastern States > History.
Women immigrants > Northeastern States > History.
African American women > Northeastern States > History.
African American women > Southern States > History.
Northeastern States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Northeastern States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
African American women.
Irish American women.
Race relations.
Women household employees.
Women immigrants.
Northeastern States.
Southern States.
United States.
1800-1999
History.
Description
Summary:"Putting Their Hands on Race is an intersectional and comparative labor history of Southern African American and Irish immigrant women who labored as domestic workers after migrating to Northeastern cities during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries"--
Physical Description:252 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781978800472
9781978800465
1978800460
1978800479