Lan, Pei-Chia. Global Cinderellas: Migrant Domestics and Newly Rich Employers in Taiwan. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2006. 304 pages. Paper, $22.95.
Historically, in most cultures, women have performed the bulk of household work. Today, migrant women are the primary source of paid domestic labor around the world. With the rapid and successful economic growth in the newly industrializing countries (NICs) of East Asia, the rising middle and upper classes have increasingly ...