Newcomers in the workplace : immigrants and the restructuring of the U.S. economy (Labor And Social Change)

"Newcomers in the Workplace" documents and dramatizes the changing face of the American workplace, transformed in the 1980s by immigrant workers in all sectors. This collection of excellent ethnographies captures the stench of meatpacking plants, the clatter of sewing machines, the sweat of construction sites, and the strain of management-employee relations in hotels and grocery stores as immigrant workers carve out crucial roles in a struggling economy. Case studies focus on three geographical regions Philadelphia, Miami, and Garden City, Kansas where the active workforce includes increasing numbers of Cubans, Haitians, Koreans, Puerto Ricans, Laotians, Vietnamese, and other new immigrants. The portraits show these newcomers reaching across ethnic boundaries in their determination to retain individualism and to insure their economic survival. Louise Lamphere teaches in the Department of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. Alex Stepick is Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Florida International University. Guillermo Grenier is Director of the Center for Labor Research and Studies, and Chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Florida International University. Beef Stew : Cattle, Immigrants, And Established Residents In A Kansas Beefpacking Town / Michael Broadway -- Knock 'em Dead : Work On The Killfloor Of A Modern Beefpacking Plant / Donald D. Stull -- Guys In White Hats : Short-term Participant Observation Among Beef-processing Workers And Managers / Ken C. Erickson -- The Effects Of Packinghouse Work On Southeast Asian Refugee Families / Janet E. Benson -- Miami : Capital Of Latin America / Alex Stepick -- Brothers In Wood / Alex Stepick And Guillermo Grenier, With Steve Morris And Debbie Draznin -- Grounding The Saturn Plant : Failed Restructuring In A Miami Apparel Plant / Guillermo Grenier And Alex Stepick, With Aline Laborwit -- The View From The Back Of The House : Restaurants And Hotels In Miami / Alex Stepick [and Others]. Polishing The Rustbelt : Immigrants Enter A Restructuring Philadelphia / Judith Goode -- Facing Job Loss : Changing Relationships In A Multicultural Urban Factory / Carole Cohen -- Encounters Over The Counter : Bosses, Workers, And Customers On A Changing Shopping Strip / Judith Goode -- Poverty And Politics : Practice And Ideology Among Small Business Owners In An Urban Enterprise Zone / Cynthia Carter Ninivaggi. Edited By Louise Lamphere, Alex Stepick, And Guillermo Grenier. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Newcomers in the Workplace documents and dramatizes the changing face of the American workplace, transformed in the 1980s by immigrant workers in all sectors. This collection of excellent ethnographies captures the stench of meatpacking plants, the clatter of sewing machines, the sweat of construction sites, and the strain of management-employee relations in hotels and grocery stores as immigrant workers carve out crucial roles in a struggling economy. Case studies focus on three geographical regions—Philadelphia, Miami, and Garden City, Kansas—where the active workforce includes increasing numbers of Cubans, Haitians, Koreans, Puerto Ricans, Laotians, Vietnamese, and other new immigrants. The portraits show these newcomers reaching across ethnic boundaries in their determination to retain individualism and to insure their economic survival. In the series Labor and Social Change , edited by Paula Rayman and Carmen Sirianni. Documents and dramatizes the changing face of the American workplace, transformed in the 1980s by immigrant workers in all sectors. This collection of ethnographies aims to capture the stench of meatpacking plants, the clatter of sewing machines, the sweat of construction sites, and the strain of management-employee relations. Describes relations between new immigrants and established residents in two urban areas (Miami and Philadelphia) and one small community (Garden City, Kansas)