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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.

Contributor(s): Lamphere, Louise | Stepick, Alex | Grenier, Guillermo J
Material type: TextTextSeries: Labor and social change: Publisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1994Description: ix, 309 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1566391245 (cloth : alk. paper); 1566391318 (pbk. : alk. paper)Other title: Newcomers in the work placeSubject(s): Foreign workers -- Kansas -- Garden City | Foreign workers -- Florida -- Miami | Foreign workers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Immigrants -- Kansas -- Garden City | Immigrants -- Florida -- Miami | Immigrants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects | United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981-2001DDC classification: 331.6/2/0973 LOC classification: HD8085.G373 | N49 1994Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.].
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 cus¿omers 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.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 West HD8085.G373 N49 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182800964013

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.].

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 cus¿omers 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.

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