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Title Newcomers in the workplace [electronic resource] : immigrants and the restructuring of the U.S. economy / edited by Louise Lamphere, Alex Stepick, and Guillermo Grenier.

Imprint Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1994.

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Description viii, 309 p. : Grayscale Illustration, Tables ; 24 cm.
Series Labor and social change.
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Note Published 1994.
Printed in the United States of America.
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Garden City -- Miami -- Philadelphia.
Note Introduction -- Beef Stew: Cattle, Immigrants, and Established Residents in a Kansas Beefpacking Town -- Knock 'Em Dead: Work on the Killfloor of a Modern Beefpacking Plant -- Guys in White Hats: Short-Term Participant Observation among Beef-Processing Workers and Managers -- The Effects of Packinghouse Work on Southeast Asian Refugee Families -- Miami: Capital of Latin America -- Brothers in Wood -- Grounding the Saturn Plant: Failed Restructuring in a Miami Apparel Plant -- The View from the Back of the House: Restaurants and Hotels in Miami -- Polishing the Rustbelt: Immigrants Enter a Restructuring Philadelphia -- Facing Job Loss: Changing Relationships in a Multicultural Urban Factory -- Encounters Over the Counter: Bosses, Workers, and Customers on a Changing Shopping Strip -- Poverty and Politics: Practice and Ideology among Small Business Owners in an Urban Enterprise Zone.
Reproduction Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2020. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
Subject Alien labor -- Kansas -- Garden City.
Alien labor -- Florida -- Miami.
Alien labor -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Immigrants -- Kansas -- Garden City.
Immigrants -- Florida -- Miami.
Immigrants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981-.
Lamphere, Louise.
Stepick, Alex.
Grenier, Guillermo J.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Added Author Rayman, Paula edited by
Sirianni, Carmen edited by
American Council of Learned Societies.
In: ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/
ISBN 1566391245 paper
1566391318 paper
Standard No. 2027/heb34331 hdl

 
    
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