Nursing & empire : gendered labor and migration from India to the United States /
Reddy, Sujani K.,
Nursing & empire : gendered labor and migration from India to the United States / Nursing and empire Sujani K. Reddy. - Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [(c)2015.] - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Feminizing the Christian medical mission -- Searching for Salome -- Reconstructing the imperial nation -- Remaking mother India -- From Kerala to America -- Putting the "foreign" in nurse im/migration -- Indian nurses navigate the U.S. division of nursing labor -- Workers and wives.
In this rich interdisciplinary study, Sujani Reddy examines the consequential lives of Indian nurses whose careers have unfolded in the contexts of empire, migration, familial relations, race, and gender. As Reddy shows, the nursing profession developed in India against a complex backdrop of British and US imperialism.
9781469625096 1469625091 9781469625089 1469625083
Nursing--History.--India
Nursing--History.--United States
Nursing--Manpower--India.
Nursing--Manpower--United States.
Women.
Medical personnel.
Humanities.
Demography.
Organization.
Social sciences.
Health services administration.
Medical care.
Public health.
History.
Nursing.
Women
Population Dynamics
History, Modern 1601-
Asia, Western
Health Occupations
Professional Practice
Humanities
Demography
Organization and Administration
Disciplines and Occupations
Persons
Americas
Population Characteristics
Epidemiologic Measurements
Social Sciences
Geographic Locations
Health Services Administration
Named Groups
Delivery of Health Care
Geographicals
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Public Health
Environment and Public Health
Emigration and Immigration
History
Nursing
History, 20th Century
History of Nursing
Women, Working
Nurses, International--history
Women, Working--history
Emigration and Immigration--history
India--Emigration and immigration--History.
United States--Emigration and immigration--History.
North America
North America
Asia
United States
India
Amérique du Nord.
Electronic Books.
RT13.5
Nursing & empire : gendered labor and migration from India to the United States / Nursing and empire Sujani K. Reddy. - Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [(c)2015.] - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Feminizing the Christian medical mission -- Searching for Salome -- Reconstructing the imperial nation -- Remaking mother India -- From Kerala to America -- Putting the "foreign" in nurse im/migration -- Indian nurses navigate the U.S. division of nursing labor -- Workers and wives.
In this rich interdisciplinary study, Sujani Reddy examines the consequential lives of Indian nurses whose careers have unfolded in the contexts of empire, migration, familial relations, race, and gender. As Reddy shows, the nursing profession developed in India against a complex backdrop of British and US imperialism.
9781469625096 1469625091 9781469625089 1469625083
Nursing--History.--India
Nursing--History.--United States
Nursing--Manpower--India.
Nursing--Manpower--United States.
Women.
Medical personnel.
Humanities.
Demography.
Organization.
Social sciences.
Health services administration.
Medical care.
Public health.
History.
Nursing.
Women
Population Dynamics
History, Modern 1601-
Asia, Western
Health Occupations
Professional Practice
Humanities
Demography
Organization and Administration
Disciplines and Occupations
Persons
Americas
Population Characteristics
Epidemiologic Measurements
Social Sciences
Geographic Locations
Health Services Administration
Named Groups
Delivery of Health Care
Geographicals
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Public Health
Environment and Public Health
Emigration and Immigration
History
Nursing
History, 20th Century
History of Nursing
Women, Working
Nurses, International--history
Women, Working--history
Emigration and Immigration--history
India--Emigration and immigration--History.
United States--Emigration and immigration--History.
North America
North America
Asia
United States
India
Amérique du Nord.
Electronic Books.
RT13.5