Breaks in the chain : what immigrant workers can teach America about democracy / Paul Apostolidis.

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Main Author: Apostolidis, Paul, 1965-
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2010], ©2010.
Subjects:
Foreign workers > United States > Attitudes.
Foreign workers > Political activity > United States.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Political aspects.
Physical Description:xlvii, 290 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Immigration, power, and politics in America today
  • Political narratives, common sense, and theories of hegemony
  • Hegemony in hindsight : immigrant workers' stories of power in Mexico
  • Stories of fate and agency in the zone of illegality
  • Labor, injury, and self-preservation in the slaughterhouse
  • ¡Nosotros somos la unión! Immigrant worker organizing and the disciplines of the law
  • Immigrant workers and counterhegemony.