How the Other Half Works: Immigration and the Social Organization of Labor

by Michael I. Lichter and Roger Waldinger

Book Overview

How the Other Half Works solves the riddle of America's contemporary immigration puzzle: why an increasingly high-tech society has use for so many immigrants who lack the basic skills that today's economy seems to demand. In clear and engaging style, Waldinger and Lichter isolate the key factors that explain the presence of unskilled immigrants in our midst. Focusing on Los Angeles, the capital of today's immigrant America, this hard-hitting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520231627
• ISBN13: 9780520231627
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 299 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"