Jennifer Parker Talwar

Fast Food, Fast Track

Immigrants, Big Business, And The American Dream

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is based on interviews in various fast food restaurants in New York City. It shows that contrary to those arguing that the fast-food industry only represents an increasing homogenization of the American workforce, fast-food chains in immigrant communities do adapt to their surroundings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 507g
• ISBN-13: 9780367315696
• ISBN-10: 0367315696
• Artikelnr.: 57733730

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Parker Talwar is an assistant professor of sociology at Penn State-Berks Lehigh Valley. She lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Searching for the American Dream
2 It's in the Neighborhood: Race
Place
and the Importance of Culture
3 Word of Mouth and Getting Your Foot in the Door: Qualifications
Recruitment
and the Path to a Fast Food Job
4 Day Off
Nothing! The Work's Got to Be Done: Flexibility and Work Time
5 Pop-o-matic Grills and Redefining Skill: Technologies and Divisions of Labor
6 It's Hard to Get These Kids to Smile: Managing the Fast Food Personality
7 Problems on the United Nations Team: Ethnic Conflicts and Interactions
8 Up the Ladder or Down: A Question of Mobility
9 Flipping Burgers in a Melting Pot? Looking Ahead to a More Multicultural Society