Marketing Dreams, Manufacturing Heroes : The Transnational Labor Brokering of Filipino Workers /

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In Marketing Dreams, Manufacturing Heroes Anna Romina Guevarra focuses on the Philippinesùwhich views itself as the "home of the great Filipino worker"ùand the multilevel brokering process that manages and sends workers worldwide. The experience of Filipino nurses and domestic workersùt...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guevarra, Anna Romina, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Foreign workers, Filipino.
Filipinos > Employment > Foreign countries.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Travailleurs etrangers philippins.
Philippins > Travail > Pays etrangers.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In Marketing Dreams, Manufacturing Heroes Anna Romina Guevarra focuses on the Philippinesùwhich views itself as the "home of the great Filipino worker"ùand the multilevel brokering process that manages and sends workers worldwide. The experience of Filipino nurses and domestic workersùtwo of the country's prized exportsùis at the core of the research, which utilizes interviews with employees at labor brokering agencies, state officials from governmental organizations in the Philippines, and nurses working in the United States.
Physical Description:1 online resource (274 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813546346

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