Janitors, Street Vendors, and Activists: The Lives of Mexican

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Janitors, Street Vendors, and Activists: The Lives of Mexican Immigrants in Silicon Valley

This highly accessible, engagingly written book exposes the underbelly of Californiaâ€™s Silicon Valley, the most successful high-technology region in the world, in a vivid ethnographic study of Mexican immigrants employed in Silicon Valleyâ€™s low-wage jobs. Christian Zlolniskiâ€™s on-the-ground investigation demonstrates how global forces have incorporated these workers as an integral part of the economy through subcontracting and other flexible labor practices and explores how these labor practices have in turn affected working conditions and workersâ€™ daily lives. In Zlolniskiâ€™s analysis, these immigrants do not emerge merely as victims of a harsh economy; despite the obstacles they face, they are transforming labor and community politics, infusing new blood into labor unions, and challenging exclusionary notions of civic and political membership. This richly textured and complex portrait of one community opens a window onto the future of Mexican and other Latino immigrants in the new U.S. economy.

Country	USA
Author	Christian Zlolniski
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9780520939172
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
NumberOfPages	262
PublicationDate	2006-02-07
Publisher	University of California Press
ReleaseDate	2006-02-24
Studio	University of California Press

Janitors, Street Vendors, and Activists: The Lives of Mexican Immigrants in Silicon Valley