Janitors, street vendors, and activists [[electronic resource] ] : the lives of Mexican immigrants in Silicon Valley / / Christian Zlolniski |
Autore | Zlolniski Christian |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.6/272079473 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexicans - Employment - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Foreign workers, Mexican - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) Unskilled labor - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
california economy california community politics economic analysis ethnographers ethnographic study globalism immigrant experience janitors labor policies labor politics labor practices latino immigrants low wage jobs mexican americans mexican immigrants mexico nonfiction study regional study silicon valley social activists street vendors subcontracting technological developments united states us economy working conditions |
ISBN |
9786612772009
0-520-93917-4 1-282-77200-7 1-4237-4553-1 1-59875-927-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Mexican Immigrants in Silicon Valley -- 2. The Subcontracting of Mexican Janitors in the High-Tech Industry -- 3. Working in the Informal Economy -- 4. Mexican Families in Santech -- 5. Community Politics in the Barrio -- Conclusion: Subproletarians in a Postindustrial Economy -- Epilogue: After the Dot-Com Demise -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815951403321 |
Zlolniski Christian
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Metropolitan migrants [[electronic resource] ] : the migration of urban Mexicans to the United States / / Ruben Hernandez-Leon |
Autore | Hernandez-Leon Ruben |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.00468/72 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexicans - United States
Structural adjustment (Economic policy) - Mexico - Monterrey Mexicans - Texas - Houston |
Soggetto non controllato |
american immigration
border crossing city life crowded cities economics houston immigration and emigration industrial modernization industrialization international migration mexican immigrants mexican migrants mexico migration industry migration monterrey oil industry political economy skilled urban workers social community social networks social organization sociology texas united states of america urban industrial development working class |
ISBN |
1-282-36073-6
9786612360732 0-520-94246-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Maps of Monterrey and Houston -- Chapter 1. The Migration of Urban Mexicans to the United States -- Chapter 2. Urban-Industrial Development in Mexico, 1940-2005 -- Chapter 3. Restructuring and International Migration in a Mexican Urban Neighborhood -- Chapter 4. The Monterrey-Houston Connection -- Chapter 5. The Migration Industry in the Monterrey-Houston Connection -- Chapter 6. Metropolitan Migrants -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780639003321 |
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Metropolitan migrants [[electronic resource] ] : the migration of urban Mexicans to the United States / / Ruben Hernandez-Leon |
Autore | Hernandez-Leon Ruben |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.00468/72 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexicans - United States
Structural adjustment (Economic policy) - Mexico - Monterrey Mexicans - Texas - Houston |
Soggetto non controllato |
american immigration
border crossing city life crowded cities economics houston immigration and emigration industrial modernization industrialization international migration mexican immigrants mexican migrants mexico migration industry migration monterrey oil industry political economy skilled urban workers social community social networks social organization sociology texas united states of america urban industrial development working class |
ISBN |
1-282-36073-6
9786612360732 0-520-94246-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Maps of Monterrey and Houston -- Chapter 1. The Migration of Urban Mexicans to the United States -- Chapter 2. Urban-Industrial Development in Mexico, 1940-2005 -- Chapter 3. Restructuring and International Migration in a Mexican Urban Neighborhood -- Chapter 4. The Monterrey-Houston Connection -- Chapter 5. The Migration Industry in the Monterrey-Houston Connection -- Chapter 6. Metropolitan Migrants -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809252303321 |
Hernandez-Leon Ruben
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Mexican New York [[electronic resource] ] : transnational lives of new immigrants / / Robert Courtney Smith |
Autore | Smith Robert C. <1964-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (388 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.8/7471072/090511 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexican Americans - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions
Immigrants - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions Transnationalism |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
american children anthropology sociology assimilation chicano studies demographic studies egalitarianism first generation immigrants gender roles globalization home villages immigrant experience mexican american communities mexican americans mexican gangs mexican immigrants mexico modern history new york nonfiction political leaders political lives race issues social history social mobility transnational lives transnationalism |
ISBN |
0-520-93860-7
1-59875-804-7 1-282-76320-2 9786612763205 1-4237-3145-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Transnational Life in Ethnographic Perspective -- 2. Dual Contexts for Transnational Life -- 3. "Los Ausentes Siempre Presentes" -- 4. The Defeat of Don Victorio -- 5. Gender Strategies, Settlement, and Transnational Life in the First Generation -- 6. "In Ticuani, He Goes Crazy" -- 7. "Padre Jesús, Protect Me" -- 8. "I'll Go Back Next Year" -- 9. Defending Your Name -- 10. Returning to a Changed Ticuani -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Coda: The Mexican Educational Foundation of New York -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Methodological Appendix -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777562203321 |
Smith Robert C. <1964->
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Mexican New York : transnational lives of new immigrants / / Robert Courtney Smith |
Autore | Smith Robert C. <1964-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (388 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.8/7471072/090511 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexican Americans - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions
Immigrants - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions Transnationalism |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
american children anthropology sociology assimilation chicano studies demographic studies egalitarianism first generation immigrants gender roles globalization home villages immigrant experience mexican american communities mexican americans mexican gangs mexican immigrants mexico modern history new york nonfiction political leaders political lives race issues social history social mobility transnational lives transnationalism |
ISBN |
0-520-93860-7
1-59875-804-7 1-282-76320-2 9786612763205 1-4237-3145-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Transnational Life in Ethnographic Perspective -- 2. Dual Contexts for Transnational Life -- 3. "Los Ausentes Siempre Presentes" -- 4. The Defeat of Don Victorio -- 5. Gender Strategies, Settlement, and Transnational Life in the First Generation -- 6. "In Ticuani, He Goes Crazy" -- 7. "Padre Jesús, Protect Me" -- 8. "I'll Go Back Next Year" -- 9. Defending Your Name -- 10. Returning to a Changed Ticuani -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Coda: The Mexican Educational Foundation of New York -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Methodological Appendix -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996247978703316 |
Smith Robert C. <1964->
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Mexican New York : transnational lives of new immigrants / / Robert Courtney Smith |
Autore | Smith Robert C. <1964-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (388 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.8/7471072/090511 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexican Americans - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions
Immigrants - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions Transnationalism |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
american children anthropology sociology assimilation chicano studies demographic studies egalitarianism first generation immigrants gender roles globalization home villages immigrant experience mexican american communities mexican americans mexican gangs mexican immigrants mexico modern history new york nonfiction political leaders political lives race issues social history social mobility transnational lives transnationalism |
ISBN |
0-520-93860-7
1-59875-804-7 1-282-76320-2 9786612763205 1-4237-3145-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Transnational Life in Ethnographic Perspective -- 2. Dual Contexts for Transnational Life -- 3. "Los Ausentes Siempre Presentes" -- 4. The Defeat of Don Victorio -- 5. Gender Strategies, Settlement, and Transnational Life in the First Generation -- 6. "In Ticuani, He Goes Crazy" -- 7. "Padre Jesús, Protect Me" -- 8. "I'll Go Back Next Year" -- 9. Defending Your Name -- 10. Returning to a Changed Ticuani -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Coda: The Mexican Educational Foundation of New York -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Methodological Appendix -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808360803321 |
Smith Robert C. <1964->
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The price of poverty [[electronic resource] ] : money, work, and culture in the Mexican-American barrio / / Daniel Dohan |
Autore | Dohan Daniel <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.9794/74/00896872 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexican Americans - California - San Jose - Economic conditions
Mexican Americans - California - East Los Angeles - Economic conditions Urban poor - California - San Jose Urban poor - California - East Los Angeles Hispanic American neighborhoods - California |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
american citizens
barrios california chicano citizens class differences contemporary america cross cultural experiences ethnographers ethnographic study fieldwork financial concerns impoverished communities latino poverty latinos los angeles low wage jobs mexican american communities mexican american culture mexican americans mexican immigrants modern history money and culture poverty public assistance recent immigrants regional survey silicon valley work culture working class |
ISBN |
1-282-35973-8
0-520-93727-9 1-59734-831-7 9786612359736 |
Classificazione | MS 3530 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Institutions of poverty -- Income generation in the barrios -- The job market -- The experience of low-wage work -- Networks and work -- Illegal routines -- The consequences of illegal work -- Making ends meet -- Making welfare stigma -- The price of poverty. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450289903321 |
Dohan Daniel <1965->
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The price of poverty [[electronic resource] ] : money, work, and culture in the Mexican-American barrio / / Daniel Dohan |
Autore | Dohan Daniel <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.9794/74/00896872 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexican Americans - California - San Jose - Economic conditions
Mexican Americans - California - East Los Angeles - Economic conditions Urban poor - California - San Jose Urban poor - California - East Los Angeles Hispanic American neighborhoods - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
american citizens
barrios california chicano citizens class differences contemporary america cross cultural experiences ethnographers ethnographic study fieldwork financial concerns impoverished communities latino poverty latinos los angeles low wage jobs mexican american communities mexican american culture mexican americans mexican immigrants modern history money and culture poverty public assistance recent immigrants regional survey silicon valley work culture working class |
ISBN |
1-282-35973-8
0-520-93727-9 1-59734-831-7 9786612359736 |
Classificazione | MS 3530 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Institutions of poverty -- Income generation in the barrios -- The job market -- The experience of low-wage work -- Networks and work -- Illegal routines -- The consequences of illegal work -- Making ends meet -- Making welfare stigma -- The price of poverty. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783200903321 |
Dohan Daniel <1965->
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The price of poverty [[electronic resource] ] : money, work, and culture in the Mexican-American barrio / / Daniel Dohan |
Autore | Dohan Daniel <1965-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.9794/74/00896872 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexican Americans - California - San Jose - Economic conditions
Mexican Americans - California - East Los Angeles - Economic conditions Urban poor - California - San Jose Urban poor - California - East Los Angeles Hispanic American neighborhoods - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
american citizens
barrios california chicano citizens class differences contemporary america cross cultural experiences ethnographers ethnographic study fieldwork financial concerns impoverished communities latino poverty latinos los angeles low wage jobs mexican american communities mexican american culture mexican americans mexican immigrants modern history money and culture poverty public assistance recent immigrants regional survey silicon valley work culture working class |
ISBN |
1-282-35973-8
0-520-93727-9 1-59734-831-7 9786612359736 |
Classificazione | MS 3530 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Institutions of poverty -- Income generation in the barrios -- The job market -- The experience of low-wage work -- Networks and work -- Illegal routines -- The consequences of illegal work -- Making ends meet -- Making welfare stigma -- The price of poverty. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814703803321 |
Dohan Daniel <1965->
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Whitewashed adobe [[electronic resource] ] : the rise of Los Angeles and the remaking of its Mexican past / / William Deverell |
Autore | Deverell William Francis |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina | 979.4/94046872 |
Soggetto topico | Mexican Americans - California - Los Angeles - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
1920s
academic americanization anglo society bubonic plague chamber of commerce city life cultural history cultural studies culture epidemic ethnic violence ethnicity los angeles river los angeles mexican immigrants mexico north america photographs photography political politics race issues race racism republic of mexico scholarly social history social studies urban identity urban life urban |
ISBN |
0-520-93253-6
1-59875-005-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations And Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: City Of The Future -- 1. The Unending Mexican War -- 2. History On Parade -- 3. Remembering A River -- 4. The Color Of Brickwork Is Brown -- 5. Ethnic Quarantine -- 6. The Drama Of Los Angeles History -- Conclusion: Whitewashed Adobe -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780449603321 |
Deverell William Francis
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