In Service and Servitude Foreign Female Domestic Workers and the Malaysian "Modernity Project" |
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| Author:
| Chin, Christine |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-10987-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1998 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $38.00 |
Book Description:
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Examining how the shared interests of state elites and the middle classes rationalize mistreatment of domestic workers, the author argues that the "premodern" exploitation of migrant domestic workers is at odds with the global expansion of open markets and free trade.
Examining how the shared interests of state elites and the middle classes rationalize mistreatment of domestic workers, the author argues that the "premodern" exploitation of migrant domestic workers is at odds with the global expansion of open markets and free trade.