LEADER 00000cam 2200529Mi 4500 001 ocn568006358 003 OCoLC 005 20160518074750.2 006 m o d 007 cr cn||||||||| 008 060322s2006 nyu ob 001 0 eng d 019 80565020|a228171635|a228171636|a473859776|a482778683 |a607840752|a648215833|a722561953|a728036413|a756542452 |a767073252|a771223553|a888613225|a923649617 020 9781593322274|q(electronic bk.) 020 1593322275|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)568006358|z(OCoLC)80565020|z(OCoLC)228171635 |z(OCoLC)228171636|z(OCoLC)473859776|z(OCoLC)482778683 |z(OCoLC)607840752|z(OCoLC)648215833|z(OCoLC)722561953 |z(OCoLC)728036413|z(OCoLC)756542452|z(OCoLC)767073252 |z(OCoLC)771223553|z(OCoLC)888613225|z(OCoLC)923649617 040 CCO|beng|epn|erda|cCCO|dOCLCQ|dE7B|dOCLCQ|dUV0|dQE2|dDKDLA |dOCLCQ|dN$T|dYDXCP|dFVL|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dCOO|dOCLCE |dOCLCQ|dEBLCP|dDEBSZ 042 dlr 043 n-us-ga 049 GTKE 050 4 HD8081.M6|bA82 2006eb 082 04 331.6/2720758231|222 100 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 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 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. 506 |3Use copy|fRestrictions unspecified|2star|5MiAaHDL 533 Electronic reproduction.|b[S.l.] :|cHathiTrust Digital Library,|d2010.|5MiAaHDL 538 Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.|uhttp://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 |5MiAaHDL 583 1 digitized|c2010|hHathiTrust Digital Library|lcommitted to preserve|2pda|5MiAaHDL 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) 914 ocn568006358 994 93|bGTK
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