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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 wor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chin, Margaret May, 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Tesis Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005.
Colección:Columbia comparative studies on ethnicity and race.
Temas:
Women clothing workers > New York (State) > New York > History.
Clothing trade > New York (State) > New York > History.
Foreign workers, Asian > New York (State) > New York > History.
Foreign workers, Latin American > New York (State) > New York > History.
Travailleuses du vêtement > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Vêtements > Industrie et commerce > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Travailleurs étrangers asiatiques > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Travailleurs étrangers latino-américains > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Clothing trade
Foreign workers, Asian
Foreign workers, Latin American
Women clothing workers
Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer
Bekleidungsindustrie
Kledingindustrie.
Arbeidsomstandigheden.
Chinezen.
Spaanse Amerikanen.
Vrouwenarbeid.
New York (State) > New York
New York, NY
dissertations.
Academic theses
History
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 m.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 197 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-186) and index.
ISBN:0231508034
9780231508032

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