The Philippines : Mobilities, Identities, Globalization.

The Philippines : Mobilities, Identities, Globalization.

Nearly five million migrant workers from the Philippines are employed in over 190 countries and territories. They work as doctors and domestic helpers, engineers and entertainers, seamstresses and surveyors. It is through their collective labor that the Philippines has assumed a global presence. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tyner, James A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2008.
Series:Global Realities, 4.
Subjects:
Foreign workers, Filipino.
Contract labor > Philippines.
Globalization > Philippines.
Urban poor > Philippines > Manila.
Contract labor
Foreign workers, Filipino
Globalization
Urban poor
Immigrant labor.
Philippines
Philippines > Manila
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Foreword; One Local Contexts, Distant Horizons; Two Manufacturing a Global Presence; Three Manila's Place in the World; Four Global-Philippines.Com; Five Performing Globalization; Six Beyond the Philippines; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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