The Maya of Morganton [[electronic resource] ] : work and community in the nuevo new south / / Leon Fink, with research assistance from Alvis E. Dunn

• Autore: Fink Leon <1948->
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, N.C., : University of North Carolina Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.6/27281075685
• Soggetto topico: Poultry plants - North Carolina - Morganton - Employees; Labor disputes - North Carolina - Morganton; Poultry plants - Employees - Labor unions - North Carolina - Morganton; Foreign workers, Guatemalan - North Carolina - Morganton; Mayas - North Carolina - Morganton
• Altri autori: DunnAlvis E
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-238) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. TheWay It Is in Morganton; 2. Flight of the Happy Farmers; 3. How the Dead Helped to Organize the Living; 4. No One Leader; 5. TheWorkers Are Ready; 6. Changing Places; 7. Sticking Together; Notes; Glossary of Spanish Terms; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The arrival of several hundred Guatemalan-born workers in a Morganton, North Carolina poultry plant sets the stage for this story of human struggle in an age of globalization. The author follows what happened when concerns about fairness and safety sparked a strike and an unlikely coalition.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Maya of Morganton
• ISBN: 979-88-908768-7-4; 0-8078-6241-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780368903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II