Breaks in the chain : what immigrant workers can teach America about democracy /

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In Breaks in the Chain, Paul Apostolidis investigates the personal life stories of a group of Mexican immigrant meatpackers who are at once typical and extraordinary. After crossing the border clandestinely and navigating the treacherous world of the undocumented, they waged a campaign to democratiz...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Apostolidis, Paul, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Foreign workers > United States > Attitudes.
Foreign workers > Political activity > United States.
Travailleurs étrangers > États-Unis > Attitudes.
Travailleurs étrangers > Activité politique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Emigration and immigration > Political aspects
Foreign workers > Attitudes
Foreign workers > Political activity
United States > Emigration and immigration > Political aspects.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Aspect politique.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Immigration, power, and politics in America today
  • Political narratives, common sense, and theories of hegemony
  • Hegemony in hindsight : immigrant workers' stories of power in Mexico
  • Stories of fate and agency in the zone of illegality
  • Labor, injury, and self-preservation in the slaughterhouse
  • ¡Nosotros somos la unión! Immigrant worker organizing and the disciplines of the law
  • Immigrant workers and counterhegemony.

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