Diseases of globalization : socioeconomic transitions and health / Christine McMurray and Roy Smith.

Contents Machine generated contents note: Illustrations ix -- Acknowledgments xi -- Introduction: The Contours of a Filipino -- American History i PART I -- Nurturing Empire 5I 1. Nursing Matters: Women and U.S. Colonialism in -- the Philippines 17 -- 2. "The Usual Subjects": The Preconditions of Professional -- Migration 41 PART II -- Caring Unbound 59 3. "Your Cap Is a Passport": Filipino Nurses and the U.S. -- Exchange Visitor Program 6x -- 4. To the Point of No Return: From Exchange Visitor to -- Permanent Resident 94 PART III -- Still the Golden Door? 119 5. Trial and Error: Crime and Punishment in America's -- "Wound Culture" 121 -- 6. Conflict and Caring: Filipino Nurses Organize in -- the United States 166 Epilogue 186 Appendix: On Sources 193 -- Notes I97 -- Bibliography 229 -- Index 245.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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