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From the 1850s to the 1920s, women were 30 to 40 percent of all immigrants to the United States and their migration experiences were shaped by similar social, economic, demographic, and cultural forces. In Peasant Maids, City Women, a truly...
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Eight well-crafted essays by five authors... The fundamental richness of this work rests in the fact that the authors coordinated their approaches, methodologies, and analyses... This book is a model of historical scholarship and analysis.
-- "Journal of American Ethnic History"