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Paradise laborers : hotel work in the global economy

Title
Paradise laborers : hotel work in the global economy / Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler.
Author
Adler, Patricia A.
Publication
Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2004.

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Additional Authors
Adler, Peter, 1952-
Description
xiii, 296 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Hotels > Employees
  • Hospitality industry > Employees
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-289) and index.
Contents
1. Entering paradise -- 2. Researching resorts -- 3. Trapped laborers : new immigrants and locals -- 4. Transient laborers : seekers and management -- 5. Transient lifestyles -- 6. Seasonal laborers -- 7. Temporal laborers -- 8. Stratified laborers -- 9. Careers in paradise : short-term and intermediate -- 10. Careers in paradise : long-term -- 11. Understanding paradise labor.
ISBN
  • 0801441897 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0801489504
LCCN
2004007178
OCLC
  • ocm54852835
  • SCSB-5070481
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries