Barrio dreams [[electronic resource] ] : Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the neoliberal city / / Arlene Dávila |
Autore | Dávila Arlene M. <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.341609747 |
Soggetto topico |
Gentrification - New York (State) - New York
Puerto Ricans - Housing - New York (State) - New York Latin Americans - Housing - New York (State) - New York Latin Americans - Housing - United States Housing policy - New York (State) - New York Enterprise zones - New York (State) - New York |
Soggetto non controllato |
american culture
american legislation charter schools class differences consumption cultural politics demographic studies economic empowerment el barrio ethnic issues gentrification globalization housing crises immigrant experience interethnic relations largest minority group latinization latinos neoliberals new york nonfiction puerto ricans racial issues sociology spanish harlem textbooks urban landscape urban space |
ISBN |
9786612763014
1-59734-479-6 1-282-76301-6 0-520-93772-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Barrio Business, Barrio Dreams -- 1. Dreams of Place and Housing Struggles -- 2. "El Barrio es de Todos": Predicaments of Culture and Place -- 3. Empowered Culture? The Empowerment Zone and the Selling of El Barrio -- 4. The Edison Project: On Corporate Headquarters, Museums, and the Education of El Barrio -- 5. The Mexican Barrio: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and the Terrain of Latinidad -- 6. The Marketable Neighborhood: Outdoor Ads Meet Street Art -- Some Final Words -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783389103321 |
Dávila Arlene M. <1965->
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Barrio dreams [[electronic resource] ] : Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the neoliberal city / / Arlene Dávila |
Autore | Dávila Arlene M. <1965-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.341609747 |
Soggetto topico |
Gentrification - New York (State) - New York
Puerto Ricans - Housing - New York (State) - New York Latin Americans - Housing - New York (State) - New York Latin Americans - Housing - United States Housing policy - New York (State) - New York Enterprise zones - New York (State) - New York |
Soggetto non controllato |
american culture
american legislation charter schools class differences consumption cultural politics demographic studies economic empowerment el barrio ethnic issues gentrification globalization housing crises immigrant experience interethnic relations largest minority group latinization latinos neoliberals new york nonfiction puerto ricans racial issues sociology spanish harlem textbooks urban landscape urban space |
ISBN |
9786612763014
1-59734-479-6 1-282-76301-6 0-520-93772-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Barrio Business, Barrio Dreams -- 1. Dreams of Place and Housing Struggles -- 2. "El Barrio es de Todos": Predicaments of Culture and Place -- 3. Empowered Culture? The Empowerment Zone and the Selling of El Barrio -- 4. The Edison Project: On Corporate Headquarters, Museums, and the Education of El Barrio -- 5. The Mexican Barrio: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and the Terrain of Latinidad -- 6. The Marketable Neighborhood: Outdoor Ads Meet Street Art -- Some Final Words -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826746303321 |
Dávila Arlene M. <1965->
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Chinese American voices [[electronic resource] ] : from the gold rush to the present / / edited with introductions by Judy Yung, Gordon H. Chang, and Him Mark Lai |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
Disciplina | 973/.04951 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
YungJudy
ChangGordon H LaiH. Mark |
Soggetto topico |
Chinese Americans - History
History |
Soggetto non controllato |
american born
american history california chinese american experience chinese americans civil rights community leaders cultural history cultural perspective english translation gold rush historians immigrant experience laborers letters memoirs merchants modern history nonfiction essays nonfiction oral histories political history primary documents professionals scholars social activists social history students textbooks |
ISBN |
1-4237-5550-2
9786612357954 1-282-35795-6 0-520-93832-1 1-59875-922-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chinese American Voices -- Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part one: Early Chinese Immigrants, 1852-1904 -- Introduction -- Songs of Gold Mountain Wives -- To His Excellency Governor Bigler (1852) -- The Founding of Golden Hills' News (1854) -- Letter by a Chinese Girl (1876) -- Documents of the Chinese Six Companies Pertaining to Immigration -- The Second Exhumation and Return of the Remains of Our Departed Friends to the Homeland (1876) -- Reminiscences of a Pioneer Student (1923) -- Reminiscences of an Old Chinese Railroad Worker (1926) -- Memorandum No. 29 to Envoy Zheng (1882) -- Memorial of Chinese Laborers at Rock Springs, Wyoming (1885) -- A Chinese View of the Statue of Liberty (1885) -- Reminiscences of an Early Chinese Minister (1932) -- Bow On Guk (Protective Bureau) (1887) -- Why Am I a Heathen? (1887) -- Why I Am Not a Heathen: A Rejoinder to Wong Chin Foo (1887) -- The Geary Act: From the Standpoint of a Christian Chinese (1892) -- Leaves from the Life History of a Chinese Immigrant (1936) -- Kam Wah Chung Letters (1898-1903) -- Part two: Life Under Exclusion, 1904-1943 -- Introduction -- The Treatment of the Exempt Classes of Chinese in the U.S. (1908) -- Detention in the Wooden Building (1910) -- Letter Asking for Support to Build the Sunning Railroad (1911) -- Admission of Wives of American Citizens of Oriental Ancestry (1926) -- "Just plain old luck and good timing" -- "I was the only Chinese woman in town" -- Second-Generation Dilemmas (1930's) -- I Am Growing More Chinese- Each Passing Year! (1934) -- Declaration of the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance (1933) -- Chinese Women's Association Condensed Report for the Years 1932-1936 -- Song of Chinese Workers (1938) -- Chinatown Goes Picketing (1938) -- Paul Robeson: The People's Singer (1950) -- The Founding of McGehee Chinese School (1944) -- "There but for the grace of God go I" -- One Hundred and Seven Chinese (1943) -- Part three: Becoming an Integral Part of America, 1943-2003 -- Introduction -- San Francisco Chinese Papers Blame Immigration Practices in Suicide of Chinese Woman (1948) -- I Want to Marry an American Girl (1955) -- My Bitter Experience in the United States (1956) -- Father and Son (1995) -- "We gave workers a sense of dignity" -- "All the daddies were Chinese and all the mommies were white" -- "I always felt out of place there" -- "It was not a winnable war" -- "I'm a Chinaman" -- Major Education Problems Facing the Chinese Community (1972) -- On the Normalization of Relations between China and the U.S. -- Proclamation by the Chinese Six Companies of San Francisco (1971) -- A Turning Point in Chinatown (1979) -- Asian American Women and Revolution: A Personal View (1983) -- "In unity there is strength" -- The Words of a Woman Who Breathes Fire (1983) -- Anti-Asian Violence and the Vincent Chin Case -- The New Violence (1984) -- A Letter from Lily Chin (1983) -- A Journey of Bitterness (1999) -- Immigrant Women Speak Out on Garment Industry Abuse (1993) -- Chinese and Proud of It (1996) -- Learning to See the Man Himself (1997) -- The Best Tofu in the World Comes from . . . Indiana? (1998) -- Reflections on Becoming American (1999) -- Affirming Affirmative Action (1995) -- Countering Complacency -- "One mile, one hundred years" -- A Second-Generation Call to Action (1999) -- The Los Alamos Incident and Its Effects on Chinese American Scientists (2000) -- "We are Americans" -- Chronology of Chinese American history -- Chinese glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783668903321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
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Chinese American voices [[electronic resource] ] : from the gold rush to the present / / edited with introductions by Judy Yung, Gordon H. Chang, and Him Mark Lai |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
Disciplina | 973/.04951 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
YungJudy
ChangGordon H LaiH. Mark |
Soggetto topico |
Chinese Americans - History
History |
Soggetto non controllato |
american born
american history california chinese american experience chinese americans civil rights community leaders cultural history cultural perspective english translation gold rush historians immigrant experience laborers letters memoirs merchants modern history nonfiction essays nonfiction oral histories political history primary documents professionals scholars social activists social history students textbooks |
ISBN |
1-4237-5550-2
9786612357954 1-282-35795-6 0-520-93832-1 1-59875-922-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chinese American Voices -- Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part one: Early Chinese Immigrants, 1852-1904 -- Introduction -- Songs of Gold Mountain Wives -- To His Excellency Governor Bigler (1852) -- The Founding of Golden Hills' News (1854) -- Letter by a Chinese Girl (1876) -- Documents of the Chinese Six Companies Pertaining to Immigration -- The Second Exhumation and Return of the Remains of Our Departed Friends to the Homeland (1876) -- Reminiscences of a Pioneer Student (1923) -- Reminiscences of an Old Chinese Railroad Worker (1926) -- Memorandum No. 29 to Envoy Zheng (1882) -- Memorial of Chinese Laborers at Rock Springs, Wyoming (1885) -- A Chinese View of the Statue of Liberty (1885) -- Reminiscences of an Early Chinese Minister (1932) -- Bow On Guk (Protective Bureau) (1887) -- Why Am I a Heathen? (1887) -- Why I Am Not a Heathen: A Rejoinder to Wong Chin Foo (1887) -- The Geary Act: From the Standpoint of a Christian Chinese (1892) -- Leaves from the Life History of a Chinese Immigrant (1936) -- Kam Wah Chung Letters (1898-1903) -- Part two: Life Under Exclusion, 1904-1943 -- Introduction -- The Treatment of the Exempt Classes of Chinese in the U.S. (1908) -- Detention in the Wooden Building (1910) -- Letter Asking for Support to Build the Sunning Railroad (1911) -- Admission of Wives of American Citizens of Oriental Ancestry (1926) -- "Just plain old luck and good timing" -- "I was the only Chinese woman in town" -- Second-Generation Dilemmas (1930's) -- I Am Growing More Chinese- Each Passing Year! (1934) -- Declaration of the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance (1933) -- Chinese Women's Association Condensed Report for the Years 1932-1936 -- Song of Chinese Workers (1938) -- Chinatown Goes Picketing (1938) -- Paul Robeson: The People's Singer (1950) -- The Founding of McGehee Chinese School (1944) -- "There but for the grace of God go I" -- One Hundred and Seven Chinese (1943) -- Part three: Becoming an Integral Part of America, 1943-2003 -- Introduction -- San Francisco Chinese Papers Blame Immigration Practices in Suicide of Chinese Woman (1948) -- I Want to Marry an American Girl (1955) -- My Bitter Experience in the United States (1956) -- Father and Son (1995) -- "We gave workers a sense of dignity" -- "All the daddies were Chinese and all the mommies were white" -- "I always felt out of place there" -- "It was not a winnable war" -- "I'm a Chinaman" -- Major Education Problems Facing the Chinese Community (1972) -- On the Normalization of Relations between China and the U.S. -- Proclamation by the Chinese Six Companies of San Francisco (1971) -- A Turning Point in Chinatown (1979) -- Asian American Women and Revolution: A Personal View (1983) -- "In unity there is strength" -- The Words of a Woman Who Breathes Fire (1983) -- Anti-Asian Violence and the Vincent Chin Case -- The New Violence (1984) -- A Letter from Lily Chin (1983) -- A Journey of Bitterness (1999) -- Immigrant Women Speak Out on Garment Industry Abuse (1993) -- Chinese and Proud of It (1996) -- Learning to See the Man Himself (1997) -- The Best Tofu in the World Comes from . . . Indiana? (1998) -- Reflections on Becoming American (1999) -- Affirming Affirmative Action (1995) -- Countering Complacency -- "One mile, one hundred years" -- A Second-Generation Call to Action (1999) -- The Los Alamos Incident and Its Effects on Chinese American Scientists (2000) -- "We are Americans" -- Chronology of Chinese American history -- Chinese glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815950103321 |
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Citizen Outsider : Children of North African Immigrants in France / / Jean Beaman |
Autore | Beaman Jean <1980-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 152 pages) : illustrations; PDF, digital file(s) |
Disciplina | 305.23089/92761044 |
Soggetto topico |
Children of immigrants - France
North Africans - France - Ethnic identity |
Soggetto non controllato |
african history
black experience black identity citizenship european history france french citizens french citizenship french education french language immigrant experience immigrant immigration marginalized groups marginalized people middle class migrant national identity nationalism north africa north african immigrants public sphere racial identity upward mobility western world workplace |
ISBN | 0-520-96744-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface : black girl in Paris -- Introduction : North African origins in and of the French Republic -- Growing up French? : education, upward mobility, and connections across generations -- Marginalization and middle-class blues : race, Islam, the workplace, and the public sphere -- French is, french ain't : boundaries of French and Maghrebin identities -- Boundaries of difference : cultural citizenship and transnational blackness -- Conclusion : sacrificed children of the Republic? -- Methodological appendix : another outsider : doing race from/in another place. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996333146103316 |
Beaman Jean <1980->
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Citizen Outsider : Children of North African Immigrants in France / / Jean Beaman |
Autore | Beaman Jean <1980-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, : University of California Press, 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 152 pages) : illustrations; PDF, digital file(s) |
Disciplina | 305.23089/92761044 |
Soggetto topico |
Children of immigrants - France
North Africans - France - Ethnic identity |
Soggetto non controllato |
african history
black experience black identity citizenship european history france french citizens french citizenship french education french language immigrant experience immigrant immigration marginalized groups marginalized people middle class migrant national identity nationalism north africa north african immigrants public sphere racial identity upward mobility western world workplace |
ISBN | 0-520-96744-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface : black girl in Paris -- Introduction : North African origins in and of the French Republic -- Growing up French? : education, upward mobility, and connections across generations -- Marginalization and middle-class blues : race, Islam, the workplace, and the public sphere -- French is, french ain't : boundaries of French and Maghrebin identities -- Boundaries of difference : cultural citizenship and transnational blackness -- Conclusion : sacrificed children of the Republic? -- Methodological appendix : another outsider : doing race from/in another place. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220515303321 |
Beaman Jean <1980->
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Gender and U.S. immigration : contemporary trends / / edited by Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 393 pages) |
Disciplina | 304.8/73/0082 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Hondagneu-SoteloPierrette |
Soggetto topico | Women immigrants - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
asian immigrants cultural employment feminism feminist gender studies gender global economy immigrant experience immigrant families immigration labor migration labor mexican immigrants migration studies migration motherhood naturalization philippines scholarly social history social studies transnational us immigrants virginity womens issues |
ISBN |
0-520-92986-1
9786612357060 1-59734-629-2 1-282-35706-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Gender and Immigration: A Retrospective and Introduction -- Chapter 2. Engendering Migration Studies: The Case of New Immigrants in the United States -- Chapter 3. Strategic Instantiations of Gendering in the Global Economy -- Chapter 4. The Global Context of Gendered Labor Migration from the Philippines to the United States -- Chapter 5. Gender and Labor in Asian Immigrant Families -- Chapter 6. The Intersection of Work and Gender: Central American Immigrant Women and Employment in California -- Chapter 7. Israeli and Russian Jews: Gendered Perspectives on Settlement and Return Migration -- Chapter 8. Gendered Ethnicity: Creating a Hindu Indian Identity in the United States -- Chapter 9. Disentangling Race-Gender Work Experiences: Second-Generation Caribbean Young Adults in New York City -- Chapter 10. Gendered Geographies of Home: Mapping Second- and Third-Generation Puerto Ricans' Sense of Home -- Chapter 11. De madres a hijas: Gendered Lessons on Virginity across Generations of Mexican Immigrant Women -- Chapter 12. Raising Children, and Growing Up, across National Borders: Comparative Perspectives on Age, Gender, and Migration -- Chapter 13. "We Don't Sleep Around Like White Girls Do": Family, Culture, and Gender in Filipina American Lives -- Chapter 14. Engendering Transnational Migration: A Case Study of Salvadorans -- Chapter 15. "I'm Here, but I'm There": The Meanings of Latina Transnational Motherhood -- Chapter 16. Gender, Status, and the State in Transnational Spaces: The Gendering of Political Participation and Mexican Hometown Associations -- Chapter 17. "The Blue Passport": Gender and the Social Process of Naturalization among Dominican Immigrants in New York City -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783090703321 |
Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 | ||
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Gender and U.S. immigration : contemporary trends / / edited by Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 393 pages) |
Disciplina | 304.8/73/0082 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Hondagneu-SoteloPierrette |
Soggetto topico | Women immigrants - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
asian immigrants cultural employment feminism feminist gender studies gender global economy immigrant experience immigrant families immigration labor migration labor mexican immigrants migration studies migration motherhood naturalization philippines scholarly social history social studies transnational us immigrants virginity womens issues |
ISBN |
0-520-92986-1
9786612357060 1-59734-629-2 1-282-35706-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Gender and Immigration: A Retrospective and Introduction -- Chapter 2. Engendering Migration Studies: The Case of New Immigrants in the United States -- Chapter 3. Strategic Instantiations of Gendering in the Global Economy -- Chapter 4. The Global Context of Gendered Labor Migration from the Philippines to the United States -- Chapter 5. Gender and Labor in Asian Immigrant Families -- Chapter 6. The Intersection of Work and Gender: Central American Immigrant Women and Employment in California -- Chapter 7. Israeli and Russian Jews: Gendered Perspectives on Settlement and Return Migration -- Chapter 8. Gendered Ethnicity: Creating a Hindu Indian Identity in the United States -- Chapter 9. Disentangling Race-Gender Work Experiences: Second-Generation Caribbean Young Adults in New York City -- Chapter 10. Gendered Geographies of Home: Mapping Second- and Third-Generation Puerto Ricans' Sense of Home -- Chapter 11. De madres a hijas: Gendered Lessons on Virginity across Generations of Mexican Immigrant Women -- Chapter 12. Raising Children, and Growing Up, across National Borders: Comparative Perspectives on Age, Gender, and Migration -- Chapter 13. "We Don't Sleep Around Like White Girls Do": Family, Culture, and Gender in Filipina American Lives -- Chapter 14. Engendering Transnational Migration: A Case Study of Salvadorans -- Chapter 15. "I'm Here, but I'm There": The Meanings of Latina Transnational Motherhood -- Chapter 16. Gender, Status, and the State in Transnational Spaces: The Gendering of Political Participation and Mexican Hometown Associations -- Chapter 17. "The Blue Passport": Gender and the Social Process of Naturalization among Dominican Immigrants in New York City -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825554603321 |
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How the other half works [[electronic resource] ] : immigration and the social organization of labor / / Roger Waldinger and Michael I. Lichter |
Autore | Waldinger Roger David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.6/2/097949409049 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LichterMichael Ira <1960-> |
Soggetto topico |
Foreign workers - California - Los Angeles County
Employer attitude surveys - California - Los Angeles County Immigrants - Social networks - California - Los Angeles County Unskilled labor - California - Los Angeles County |
Soggetto non controllato |
career
civic class issues contemporary america historians historical history immigrant experience immigrants immigration labor and culture labor issues labor organizations labor studies los angeles migrant workers modern economy modern history nonfiction political science political race and class social issues social studies sociology students and teachers survey textbooks unskilled immigrants unskilled workers workforce |
ISBN |
1-282-35954-1
1-59734-664-0 0-520-93617-5 9786612359545 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What Employers Want -- 3. Doing the Job -- 4. The Language of Work -- 5. Network, Bureaucracy, and Exclusion -- 6. Social Capital and Social Closure -- 7. Bringing the Boss Back In -- 8. Whom Employers Want -- 9. "Us" and "Them" -- 10. Diversity and Its Discontents -- 11. Black/Immigrant Competition -- 12. Conclusion -- Appendix: The Local Context -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783080203321 |
Waldinger Roger David
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How the other half works [[electronic resource] ] : immigration and the social organization of labor / / Roger Waldinger and Michael I. Lichter |
Autore | Waldinger Roger David |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.6/2/097949409049 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LichterMichael Ira <1960-> |
Soggetto topico |
Foreign workers - California - Los Angeles County
Employer attitude surveys - California - Los Angeles County Immigrants - Social networks - California - Los Angeles County Unskilled labor - California - Los Angeles County |
Soggetto non controllato |
career
civic class issues contemporary america historians historical history immigrant experience immigrants immigration labor and culture labor issues labor organizations labor studies los angeles migrant workers modern economy modern history nonfiction political science political race and class social issues social studies sociology students and teachers survey textbooks unskilled immigrants unskilled workers workforce |
ISBN |
1-282-35954-1
1-59734-664-0 0-520-93617-5 9786612359545 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What Employers Want -- 3. Doing the Job -- 4. The Language of Work -- 5. Network, Bureaucracy, and Exclusion -- 6. Social Capital and Social Closure -- 7. Bringing the Boss Back In -- 8. Whom Employers Want -- 9. "Us" and "Them" -- 10. Diversity and Its Discontents -- 11. Black/Immigrant Competition -- 12. Conclusion -- Appendix: The Local Context -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826988103321 |
Waldinger Roger David
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