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Autore |
Ness Immanuel |
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Titolo |
Guest workers and resistance to U.S. corporate despotism [[electronic resource] /] / Immanuel Ness |
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Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-29293-9 |
9786613292933 |
0-252-09337-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Collana |
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The working class in American history |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Foreign workers - United States |
Labor market - United States |
Electronic books. |
United States Emigration and immigration Economic aspects |
United States Emigration and immigration Government policy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Migration and class struggle -- Political economy of migrant labor in US history: fabricating a migration policy for business -- India's global and internal labor migration and resistance: a case study of Hyderabad -- Temporary labor migration and U.S. and foreign-born worker resistance -- The migration of low-wage Jamaican guest workers -- Who can organize? Trade unions, worker insurgency, labor power. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Exposing the corporate structures behind exploitative migrant labour programs, this book investigates the use of guest workers in the United States, the largest recipient of migrant labour in the world. |
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