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Author:

Louie, Miriam Ching Yoon.

Title:

Sweatshop warriors : immigrant women workers take on the global factory / Miriam Ching Yoon Louie.

Publisher:

South End Press,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

x, 306 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Women alien labor--United States.--Interviews.
Sweatshops--United States.
Foreign trade and employment--United States.
International division of labor.
Globalization--Economic aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-294) and index.

Contents:

Listening to the women -- The real experts -- Chapter 1. Holding up half the sky -- Chinese immigrant women workers -- Chapter 2. iLa mujer luchando, el mundo transformandol -- Mexican immigrant women workers -- Chapter 3. "Each day I go home with a new wound in my heart" -- Korean immigrant women workers -- Chapter 4. Extended families -- Chapter 5. Movement roots -- Chapter 6. "Just-in-time" guerrilla warriors -- Conclusion -- Returning to the source.

ISBN:

9780896086395 (cloth)
0896086399 (cloth)
9780896086388 (pbk.)
0896086380 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)45195795

LCCN:

00051577

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

W7AX771 -- Urban Campus (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)