| Forbidden Workers Contributor(s): Kwong, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 156584355X ISBN-13: 9781565843554 Publisher: New Press OUR PRICE: $21.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1998 Annotation: A radical new analysis of illegal immigration from one of the country's foremost experts on Chinese immigration and labor. Peter Kwong traces Chinese immigrants' lives and exposes the contradictions in our national immigration and labor policies. Kwong uses the specifics of the Chinese experience to shed light on the dilemmas shared by illegal immigrants of color in general. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Minority Studies - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies |
| Dewey: 331.625 |
| LCCN: 97026301 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.51" W x 9.51" (1.15 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hailed by the Philadelphia Inquirer as a must-read, Forbidden Workers tells for the first time the full story of recent Chinese immigration to this country. Widely praised from the Wall Street Journal to Asian Week, the book uses the Chinese experience to shed light on broader issues of immigration from countries around the world. Author Peter Kwong has interviewed countless immigrant workers, activists, Chinatown powerbrokers, and snakeheads (smugglers who bring immigrants to the United States) and has traveled to China to talk with families of immigrants. The result is an unprecedented look at an invisible community within American society--and at a billion-dollar industry whose commodity is workers who labor under conditions approaching modern slavery. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kwong, Peter: - Peter Kwong was the author of several books, including Chinese America (with Dusanka Miscevic); Chinatown, N.Y.; and Forbidden Workers, all published by The New Press. He was a distinguished professor of urban affairs and planning at Hunter College and a professor of sociology at the Graduate Center, CUNY. |
