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

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 prese...

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Main Author: Waldinger, Roger David
Other Authors: Lichter, Michael Ira, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; PART ONE: How the Other Half Works; PART TWO: The Social Organization of Labor; PART THREE: From Market to Work; PART FOUR: Prejudice, Preferences, and Conflict; PART FIVE: Ethnicity at Work; Appendix: The Local Context; Notes; Index.