03397nam a22003614a 4500 ebr10172621 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060322s2006 nyu sb 001 0 eng 2006009811 1593321333 (alk. paper) 9781593321338 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)568006358 n-us-ga HD8081.M6 A82 2006eb 331.6/2720758231 22 Amado, Maria Luisa, 1962- Mexican immigrants in the labor market [electronic resource] / Maria Luisa Amado. New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2006. viii, 208 p. The new Americans Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-187) and index. Mexican 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Foreign workers, Mexican Georgia Atlanta. Foreign workers, Mexican Social networks Georgia Atlanta. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10172621 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 138604 138604