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Invisible workers who remain under-protected by wage laws include retail workers who function as walking billboards; waitstaff at "breastaurants";... Læs mere
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Presenting a comparative analysis of African American women's and white women's relationships to home and work, this study... Læs mere
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Containing personal portraits of waitresses from many different walks of life, this book shows the behind-the-scenes stories of waitresses' daily shifts and daily lives. It reveals American waitresses in their complexity and individuality.
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A study that exposes the human side of the decline of the US auto industry, tracing the experiences of two key groups of General Motors... Læs mere
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Tells the story of the lives of migrant black African men who work on the South African gold mines. This book examines the operation of local power structures and... Læs mere
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Nurses and marines epitomize accepted definitions of femininity and masculinity. Using ethnographic research and provocative... Læs mere
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In the two generations before World War I, Germany emerged as Europe's foremost industrial power. The basic facts of... Læs mere
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Provides a holistic perspective of a Japanese bank and its more than 3,000 employees. This book also deals with... Læs mere
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Both Yuk-ling, a busy Hong Kong mother, and Chi-ying, a young single woman from a remote village in northern China, work in electronics... Læs mere
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Solving the riddle of America's immigration puzzle, this text seeks to address the question of why an increasingly high-tech society has use for so many immigrants who lack the basic skills that the modern economy seems to demand.
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A report from the frontlines of two major American corporations that presents the methods and consequences of regulating workers' language, looks, attitudes, ideas and demeanor. It shows the complex and often unexpected results that come with the routinization of service work.
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Leslie Salzinger worked in four "maquiladoras" in northern Mexico, and in this book she takes us inside the gendered world of these... Læs mere