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Newcomers in the workplace : immigrants and the restructuring of the U.S. economy edited by Louise Lamphere, Alex Stepick, and Guillermo Grenier
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks HD8085.G373 N49 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Labor and social change
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foreign workers--Garden City (Kan.).
- Foreign workers.
- Foreign workers--Florida.
- Foreign workers--Miami (Fla.).
- Foreign workers--Pennsylvania.
- Foreign workers--Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Immigrants--Kansas.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrants--Garden City (Kan.).
- Immigrants--Florida.
- Immigrants--Miami (Fla.).
- Immigrants--Pennsylvania.
- Immigrants--Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Foreign workers--Kansas.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- United States--Economic conditions--1981-.
- United States.
- Garden City (Kan.)--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.
- Garden City (Kan.).
- Miami (Fla.)--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.
- Miami (Fla.).
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 309 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Newcomers in the work place.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1994.
- Contents:
- Polishing the rustbelt : immigrants enter a restructuring Philadelphia / Judith Goode
- Facing job loss : changing relationships in a multicultural urban factory / Carole Cohen
- Encounters over the counter : bosses, workers, and customers on a changing shopping strip / Judith Goode
- Poverty and politics : practice and ideology among small business owners in an urban enterprise zone / Cynthia Carter Ninivaggi.
- Beef stew : cattle, immigrants, and established residents in a Kansas beefpacking town / Michael Broadway
- Knock 'em dead : work on the killfloor of a modern beefpacking plant / Donald D. Stull
- Guys in white hats : short-term participant observation among beef-processing workers and managers / Ken C. Erickson
- The effects of packinghouse work on southeast Asian refugee families / Janet E. Benson
- Miami : capital of Latin America / Alex Stepick
- Brothers in wood / Alex Stepick and Guillermo Grenier, with Steve Morris and Debbie Draznin
- Grounding the Saturn plant : failed restructuring in a Miami apparel plant / Guillermo Grenier and Alex Stepick, with Aline LaBorwit
- The view from the back of the house : restaurants and hotels in Miami / Alex Stepick ... [et al.].
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives
- ISBN:
- 1566391318 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1566391245 (cloth : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 27812731
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