How the other half works : immigration and the social organization of labor /

How the other half works : immigration and the social organization of labor /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Waldinger, Roger David.
Imprint:	Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 285 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Foreign workers -- California -- Los Angeles County. Unskilled labor -- California -- Los Angeles County. Immigrants -- Social networks -- California -- Los Angeles County. Employer attitude surveys -- California -- Los Angeles County. Employer attitude surveys. Foreign workers. Immigrants -- Social networks. Unskilled labor. California -- Los Angeles County. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11126350

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Other authors / contributors:	Lichter, Michael Ira, 1960-
ISBN:	9780520936171 0520936175 0585466181 9780585466187 1597346640 9781597346641 9780520229808 0520229800 9780520231627 0520231627 1282359541 9781282359543
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-276) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	How the other half works solves the riddle of America's contemporary immigration puzzle: why an increasingly high-tech society has use for so many immigrants who lack the basic skills that today's economy seems to demand. Waldinger and Lichter isolate the key factors that explain the presence of unskilled immigrants in our midst. Focusing on Los Angeles, the capital of today's immigrant America, this hard-hitting book elucidates the other side of the new economy, showing that hiring is finding not so much "one's own kind" but rather the "right kind" to fit the demeaning, but indispensable, jobs many American workers disdain.
Other form:	Print version: Waldinger, Roger David. How the other half works. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2003 0520229800

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Summary:	How the Other Half Works solves the riddle of America's contemporary immigration puzzle: why an increasingly high-tech society has use for so many immigrants who lack the basic skills that today's economy seems to demand. In clear and engaging style, Waldinger and Lichter isolate the key factors that explain the presence of unskilled immigrants in our midst. Focusing on Los Angeles, the capital of today's immigrant America, this hard-hitting book elucidates the other side of the new economy, showing that hiring is finding not so much "one's own kind" but rather the "right kind" to fit the demeaning, but indispensable, jobs many American workers disdain.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 285 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-276) and index.
ISBN:	9780520936171 0520936175 0585466181 9780585466187 1597346640 9781597346641 9780520229808 0520229800 9780520231627 0520231627 1282359541 9781282359543