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Maid in the USA: 10th Anniversary Edition (Perspectives on Gender)

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This book is the classic study of the exploitation of domestic service workers in the United States. Kudos to the publisher for providing this 10th anniversary commemorative edition! In this book, which has aged extraordinarily well, Professor Romero studies the lives of those invisible people -- often immigrants and people of color -- who clean the homes of the middle and upper classes. What you learn is troubling and should make EVERYONE who employs domestic service workers think about their treatment. Thanks to Professor Romero for holding up the mirror!

This was a fairly good book, in that it presented the issue with a perspective I'd not heard before. However, it was very redundant in that the author presented the same info over and over again, even using some of the same quotes repeatedly. The book could have been slimmed down by 20 or 30 pages and not lost anything. I also would have prefered more anecdotal information, rather than as much literature review as there was. The author also put in "discussions" at the end of each chapter, which were unnecessary if you were paying attention to the reading.