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The accidental American : immigration and citizenship in the age of globalization /
The Accidental American vividly illustrates the challenges and contradictions of U.S. immigration policy, and argues that, just as there is a free flow of capital in the world economy, there should be a free flow of labor. Author Rinku Sen alternates chapters telling the story of one "accidenta...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Francisco :
Berrett-Koehler Publishers,
©2008.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | BK currents book.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Accidental American vividly illustrates the challenges and contradictions of U.S. immigration policy, and argues that, just as there is a free flow of capital in the world economy, there should be a free flow of labor. Author Rinku Sen alternates chapters telling the story of one "accidental American"--Coauthor Fekkak Mamdouh, a Morrocan-born waiter at a restaurant in the World Trade Center whose life was thrown into turmoil on 9/11--with a thorough critique of current immigration policy. Sen and Mamdouh describe how members of the largely immigrant food industry workforce manag |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 248 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781576758922 1576758923 9781609943080 1609943082 1282299468 9781282299467 |