LEADER 02804nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910810369603321 005 20240418073142.0 010 $a1-135-90547-9 010 $a1-281-78696-9 010 $a9786611786960 010 $a0-203-89241-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000539312 035 $a(EBL)356421 035 $a(OCoLC)476182088 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000220811 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187526 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000220811 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10157062 035 $a(PQKB)11361285 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC356421 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL356421 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10258427 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL178696 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000539312 100 $a20080225d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Philippines $emobilities, identities, globalization /$fJames A. Tyner 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 225 1 $aGlobal realities 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-95807-5 311 $a0-415-95806-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [211]-223) and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Foreword; One Local Contexts, Distant Horizons; Two Manufacturing a Global Presence; Three Manila's Place in the World; Four Global-Philippines.Com; Five Performing Globalization; Six Beyond the Philippines; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aNearly five million migrant workers from the Philippines are employed in over 190 countries and territories. They work as doctors and domestic helpers, engineers and entertainers, seamstresses and surveyors. It is through their collective labor that the Philippines has assumed a global presence. For over five centuries the Philippines has been integrated into the world economy. Only recently, however, has the Philippines been a pro-active agent in the production of a global economy. Since the 1970s the Philippine state, in connection with myriad private institutions, has recruited, t 410 0$aGlobal realities. 606 $aForeign workers, Philippine 606 $aContract labor$zPhilippines 606 $aGlobalization$zPhilippines 606 $aUrban poor$zPhilippines$zManila 615 0$aForeign workers, Philippine. 615 0$aContract labor 615 0$aGlobalization 615 0$aUrban poor 676 $a331.6/2599 700 $aTyner$b James A.$f1966-$01093475 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810369603321 996 $aThe Philippines$93965192 997 $aUNINA