عنوان

Mexican immigrants in the labor market /

(Number (ISBN

1593322275

(Number (ISBN

9781593322274

Erroneous ISBN

1593321333

Erroneous ISBN

9781593321338

Number

b802656

Title Proper

Mexican immigrants in the labor market /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Maria Luisa Amado.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2006.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (viii, 208 pages)

Series Title

The new Americans.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-187) and index.

Text of Note

Mexican immigrants in the Atlanta job market -- The study -- Mexican immigrants in the "New South" -- The debate: strong versus weak network ties -- Y nosotras, qu? engendering immigrant networks -- Sociological perspectives on networks and job seeking -- Job-seeking and network ties -- Strong ties, settlement, and job seeking amongst Latin American immigrants in the U.S -- Immigrant women's networks: the salience of gender in network formation and development -- Investigating Mexican immigrants in Atlanta: field research and data collection -- Research setting and study participants -- Data collection -- Data analyses -- Profile of the informants -- Socio-demographic characteristics -- Migration history -- Network connections upon arrival in the host society -- Weak and strong ties in the immigrant network -- Redefining strong and weak ties -- Ties of paisanaje -- "El coyote" -- Dónde hay chamba? looking for a job in Atlanta -- Formal job-seeking strategies -- Men at work: informal job seeking strategies amongst male immigrants -- From braceros to braceras: informal job-seeking strategies amongst female immigrants -- The strength of strong ties: men's stories of paisanaje -- Hermanos que dan la mano: case study of an immigrant supported by his paisanos -- Ties that bind: relatives and friends as work links -- What matters is who you know -- Los esquinados: "free men" in a wild market -- The long and lonely road: case study of an immigrant without network ties in the U.S -- Street corner sociology: understanding la esquina as a job market -- Marginal paisanas: women's stories -- Unfulfilled dreams: case study of a woman who relied on weak ties -- Bound in the household and unbound in the market -- Gender matters -- Conclusion -- The debate: strong or weak ties? -- Who draws strength from strong ties? The significance of gender -- Social networks revisited -- Bibliography -- Appendix I -- Interview guide (Spanish version) -- English version -- Appendix II.

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Text of Note

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Title

Mexican immigrants in the labor market.

Foreign workers, Mexican-- Georgia-- Atlanta.

Foreign workers, Mexican-- Social networks-- Georgia-- Atlanta.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Labor.

Foreign workers, Mexican.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Labor & Industrial Relations.

Georgia, Atlanta.

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BUS-- 038000

POL-- 013000

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Amado, Maria Luisa,1962-

Date of Transaction

20201207153925.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

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Electronic name

[Book]

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