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100 1  Amado, Maria Luisa,|d1962- 
245 10 Mexican immigrants in the labor market /|cMaria Luisa 
       Amado. 
264  1 New York :|bLFB Scholarly Pub. LLC,|c2006. 
300    1 online resource (viii, 208 pages). 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
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490 1  The new Americans. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-187) and 
       index. 
505 0  Mexican immigrants in the Atlanta job market -- The study 
       -- Mexican immigrants in the "New South" -- The debate: 
       strong versus weak network ties -- Y nosotras, qu? 
       engendering immigrant networks -- Sociological 
       perspectives on networks and job seeking -- Job-seeking 
       and network ties -- Strong ties, settlement, and job 
       seeking amongst Latin American immigrants in the U.S -- 
       Immigrant women's networks: the salience of gender in 
       network formation and development -- Investigating Mexican
       immigrants in Atlanta: field research and data collection 
       -- Research setting and study participants -- Data 
       collection -- Data analyses -- Profile of the informants -
       - Socio-demographic characteristics -- Migration history -
       - Network connections upon arrival in the host society -- 
       Weak and strong ties in the immigrant network -- 
       Redefining strong and weak ties -- Ties of paisanaje -- 
       "El coyote" -- Dónde hay chamba? looking for a job in 
       Atlanta -- Formal job-seeking strategies -- Men at work: 
       informal job seeking strategies amongst male immigrants --
       From braceros to braceras: informal job-seeking strategies
       amongst female immigrants -- The strength of strong ties: 
       men's stories of paisanaje -- Hermanos que dan la mano: 
       case study of an immigrant supported by his paisanos -- 
       Ties that bind: relatives and friends as work links -- 
       What matters is who you know -- Los esquinados: "free men"
       in a wild market -- The long and lonely road: case study 
       of an immigrant without network ties in the U.S -- Street 
       corner sociology: understanding la esquina as a job market
       -- Marginal paisanas: women's stories -- Unfulfilled 
       dreams: case study of a woman who relied on weak ties -- 
       Bound in the household and unbound in the market -- Gender
       matters -- Conclusion -- The debate: strong or weak ties? 
       -- Who draws strength from strong ties? The significance 
       of gender -- Social networks revisited -- Bibliography -- 
       Appendix I -- Interview guide (Spanish version) -- English
       version -- Appendix II. 
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       Library,|d2010.|5MiAaHDL 
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588 0  Print version record. 
650  0 Foreign workers, Mexican|zGeorgia|zAtlanta. 
650  0 Foreign workers, Mexican|xSocial networks|zGeorgia
       |zAtlanta. 
650  7 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS|xLabor.|2bisacsh 
650  7 POLITICAL SCIENCE|xLabor & Industrial Relations.|2bisacsh 
655  0 Electronic books. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aAmado, Maria Luisa, 1962-|tMexican 
       immigrants in the labor market.|dNew York : LFB Scholarly 
       Pub. LLC, 2006|w(DLC)  2006009811 
830  0 New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) 
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