Global heartland : displaced labor, transnational lives, and local placemaking / Faranak Miraftab.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miraftab, Faranak, author.

Series:

Global research studies.

Global Research Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communities--Illinois--Beardstown.

Communities.

Multiculturalism--Illinois--Beardstown.

Multiculturalism.

Immigrants--Social conditions--Illinois--Beardstown.

Immigrants.

Economic development--Social aspects--Illinois--Beardstown.

Economic development.

Beardstown (Ill.)--Ethnic relations--History.

Beardstown (Ill.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana ; Indianapolis, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focusing on a locality in a non-metropolitan region, this work contributes to urban scholarship on globalization by offering a fresh perspective on politics and materialities of placemaking.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Global Heartland; Part I: Beardstown: A Place in the World; 1 Welcome to Porkopolis; 2 It All Changed Overnight; Part II: Displaced Labor; 3 Michoacán's Largest Export Is People; 4 Winning the Lottery in Togo; 5 Detroit: "The First Third World City of the U.S."; Part III: Outsourced Lives; 6 Global Restructuring of Social Reproduction; Part IV: We Wanted Workers, We Got People; 7 We Wanted Workers; 8 We Got People; Conclusion: The Global in My Backyard; Appendix: Demographic and Labor Tables, Profile of Interviewees; Notes

ReferencesIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253019424

0253019427

OCLC:

933559795