Case studies capture the experiences, difficulties, and determination of immigrant workers

Acknowledgments 1. Introduction --Louise Lamphere, Guillermo Grenier, and Alex Stepick Part I: Garden City 2. Beef Stew: Cattle, Immigrants, and Established Residents in a Kansas Beefpacking Town --Michael Broadway 3. Knock 'Em Dead: Work on the Killfloor of a Modern Beefpacking Plant --Donald D. Stull 4. Guys in White Hats: Short-Term Participant Observation among Beef-Processing Workers and Managers --Ken C. Erickson 5. The Effects of Packinghouse Work on Southeast Asian Refugee Families --Janet E. Benson Part II: Miami 6. Miami: Capital of Latin America --Alex Stepick 7. Brothers in Wood --Alex Stepick and Guillermo Grenier, with Steve Morris and Debbie Draznin 8. Grounding the Saturn Plant: Failed Restructuring in a Miami Apparel Plant --Guillermo Grenier and Alex Stepick, with Aline LaBorwit 9. The View from the Back of the House: Restaurants and Hotels in Miami --Alex Stepick and Guillermo Grenier, with Hafidh A. Hafidh, Sue Chaffee, and Debbie Draznin Part III: Philadelphia 10. Polishing the Rustbelt: Immigrants Enter a Restructuring Philadelphia --Judith Goode 11. Facing Job Loss: Changing Relationships in a Multicultural urban Factor --Carole Cohen 12. Encounters Over the Counter: Bosses, Workers, and Customers on a Changing Shopping Strip --Judith Goode 13. Poverty and Politics: Practice and Ideology among Small Business Owners in an Urban Enterprise Zone --Cynthia Carter Ninivaggi Contributors' Notes Index