Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 197 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0231133081
Series Statement:
Columbia comparative studies on ethnicity and race
Content:
Many Latino and Chinese women who immigrated to New York City over the past two decades found work in the garment industry-an industry well known for both hiring immigrants and its harsh working conditions. Today the garment industry is one of the largest immigrant employers in New York City and workers in Chinese- and Korean-owned factories produce 70 percent of all manufactured clothing in New York City. Based on extensive interviews with workers and employers, Margaret M. Chin, offers a detailed and complex portrait of the work lives of Chinese and Latino garment workers. Chin, whose mother
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-186) and index
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Columbia University, 1998, Thesis (Ph.D.)
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CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: Legacies: New York City Garment Industry; CHAPTER 2: Doing Ethnic Business; CHAPTER 3: Getting from There to Here; CHAPTER 4: The Attractions of Cloth; CHAPTER 5: What Employers Want; CHAPTER 6: Landing Work; CHAPTER 7: The Bottom Line; CHAPTER 8: Immigrants and the Economy; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; INDEX
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231133081
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sewing Women : Immigrants and the New York City Garment Industry
Language:
English
Keywords:
New York, NY
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Bekleidungsindustrie
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Arbeiterin
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Einwanderin
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Soziale Integration
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Hochschulschrift
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