Paradise Laborers : : Hotel Work in the Global Economy /

Paradise Laborers : : Hotel Work in the Global Economy / / Peter Adler, Patricia A. Adler.

Resorts have become important to American society and its economy; one in eight Americans is now employed by the tourism industry. Yet despite the ubiquity of hotels, little has been written about those who labor there. Drawing on eight years of participant observation and in-depth interviews, the r...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Adler, Patricia A.,
Adler, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2004
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 p.) :; 2 tables, 1 chart, 20 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. ENTERING PARADISE
  • 2. RESEARCHING RESORTS
  • 3. TRAPPED LABORERS
  • 4. TRANSIENT LABORERS
  • 5. TRANSIENT LIFESTYLES
  • 6. SEASONAL LABORERS
  • 7. TEMPORAL LABORERS
  • 8. STRATIFIED LABORERS
  • 9. CAREERS IN PARADISE
  • 10. CAREERS IN PARADISE
  • 11. UNDERSTANDING PARADISE LABOR
  • Appendix: The Participants
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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