03366nam a22003494a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020002800112020001800140040002100158035002100179043001200200050002600212082002500238100003100263245008800294260004700382300001700429490002200446504006400468505199800532533015202530650004802682650006502730655002902795710001702824830004902841856012602890ebr10172621CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||060322s2006    nyu     sb    001 0 eng    z  2006009811  z1593321333 (alk. paper)  z9781593321338  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)568006358  an-us-ga14aHD8081.M6bA82 2006eb04a331.6/27207582312221 aAmado, Maria Luisa,d1962-10aMexican immigrants in the labor marketh[electronic resource] /cMaria Luisa Amado.  aNew York :bLFB Scholarly Pub. LLC,c2006.  aviii, 208 p.1 aThe new Americans  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 181-187) and index.0 aMexican immigrants in the Atlanta job market -- The study -- Mexican immigrants in the "New South" -- The debate: strong versus weak network ties -- Y nosotras, qu? engendering immigrant networks -- Sociological perspectives on networks and job seeking -- Job-seeking and network ties -- Strong ties, settlement, and job seeking amongst Latin American immigrants in the U.S -- Immigrant women's networks: the salience of gender in network formation and development -- Investigating Mexican immigrants in Atlanta: field  research and data collection -- Research setting and study participants -- Data collection -- Data analyses -- Profile of the informants -- Socio-demographic characteristics -- Migration history -- Network connections upon arrival in the host society -- Weak and strong ties in the immigrant network -- Redefining strong and weak ties -- Ties of paisanaje -- "El coyote" -- D�onde hay chamba? looking for a job in Atlanta -- Formal job-seeking strategies -- Men at work: informal job seeking strategies amongst male immigrants -- From braceros to braceras: informal job-seeking strategies amongst female immigrants -- The strength of strong ties: men's stories of paisanaje -- Hermanos que dan la mano: case study of an immigrant supported by his paisanos -- Ties that bind: relatives and friends as work links -- What matters is who you know -- Los esquinados: "free men" in a wild market -- The long and lonely road: case study of an immigrant without network ties in the U.S -- Street corner sociology: understanding la esquina as a job market -- Marginal paisanas: women's stories -- Unfulfilled dreams: case study of a woman who relied on weak ties -- Bound in the household and unbound in the market -- Gender matters -- Conclusion -- The debate: strong or weak ties? -- Who draws strength from strong ties? The significance of gender -- Social networks revisited -- Bibliography -- Appendix I -- Interview guide (Spanish version) -- English version -- Appendix II.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aForeign workers, MexicanzGeorgiazAtlanta. 0aForeign workers, MexicanxSocial networkszGeorgiazAtlanta. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc. 0aNew Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10172621zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view