Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 249 p)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520246438
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0520246411
Inhalt:
This highly accessible, engagingly written book exposes the underbelly of California's Silicon Valley, the most successful high-technology region in the world, in a vivid ethnographic study of Mexican immigrants employed in Silicon Valley's low-wage jobs. Christian Zlolniski's on-the-ground investigation demonstrates how global forces have incorporated these workers as an integral part of the economy through subcontracting and other flexible labor practices and explores how these labor practices have in turn affected working conditions and workers' daily lives. In Zlolniski's analysis, these i
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; List of Illustrations and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Mexican Immigrants in Silicon Valley; 2. The Subcontracting of Mexican Janitors in the High-Tech Industry; 3. Working in the Informal Economy; 4. Mexican Families in Santech; 5. Community Politics in the Barrio; Conclusion: Subproletarians in a Postindustrial Economy; Epilogue: After the Dot-Com Demise; Notes; References; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780520246430
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Janitors, Street Vendors, and Activists : The Lives of Mexican Immigrants in Silicon Valley
Sprache:
Englisch
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