This work examines a wide range of migration patterns which have arisen, both on a national and international scale, exposing the tensions and difficulties which arise from this kind of movement.

Chapter 1 Maids on the Move, Janet Henshall Momsen; Part 1 North America; Chapter 2 Is this Canada?; Chapter 3 Jamaican Domestics, Filipina Housekeepers and English Nannies, Bernadette Stiell, Kim England; Chapter 4 Making Maids, Doreen J. Mattingly; Part 2 South America; Chapter 5 Race and Domestic Service, Sarah A. Radcliffe; Chapter 6 Transcending Gendered Boundaries, Katina Pappas-DeLuca; Part 3 Europe; Chapter 7 Overseas Domestic Workers in the European Union, Bridget Anderson; Chapter 8 The Role of Ethnicity in Shaping the Domestic Employment Sector in Britain, Rosie Cox; Chapter 9 Cinderella Need not Apply, Rekha Narula; Chapter 10 Domestic Work Abroad, Ana Barbi?, Inga Miklav?i?-Brezigar; Part 4 Africa; Chapter 11 'Home is where the Children are', Tessa le Roux; Chapter 12 Working in the City, Miranda Miles; Part 5 Asia; Chapter 13 Interlinking Trajectories, Parvati Raghuram; Chapter 14 Maids in Space, Munira Ismail; Chapter 15 'Learning the ways of the Priyayi', Rebecca Elmhirst; Chapter 16 Foreign Domestic Helpers in Hong Kong and their Role in Childcare Provision, Vicky C.W. Tam; Chapter 17 Singapore Women and Foreign Domestic Workers, Brenda S.A. Yeoh, Shirlena Huang; Conclusion, Janet Henshall Momsen;