[The U.S. census: source for an international history of immigrant women, family, and gender?]. / El censo de los Estados Unidos: ?fuente para una historia internacional de mujeres inmigrantes, familia y genero?

PIP: "The author discusses the fruitful use of nominal lists for a gendered analysis of international migration. [U.S.] studies carried out in the 1970s and 1980s produced interesting information as to female work for wages outside the home, but found the census a flawed source for work done by women within their homes. Combination with other nominal sources [has revealed] the role played by women in the organization and maintenance of kin and neighborhood networks. The approach to the Italian diaspora abroad requires the linkage of different nominal sources at origin and in the different places of destination." (EXCERPT)^ieng