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Comodas, Rosalie Comodas, Rosalie Family Emigration and immigration History 21st century Filipinos Employment Foreign countries Filipinos United States Biography Foreign workers United States Foreign workers, Filipino United States Immigrants United States Immigrants United States Biography United States Emigration and immigration History 21st centuryKerr, William R. (William Robert)
Summary: The Gift of Global Talent deftly transports readers from joyous celebrations at the Nobel Prize ceremony to angry airport protests against the Trump administration's travel ban. It explores why talented migration drives the knowledge economy, describes how universities and firms govern skilled admissions, explains the controversies of the H-1B visa used by firms like Google and Apple, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.6 KERThompson, Gabriel.
Summary: "What does it mean to work in the forgotten America where millions toil in the shadow of prosperity? What is the daily reality of life for a factory worker or field hand? To find out, award-winning journalist Gabriel Thompson spent a year working alongside America's invisible poor--citizens and immigrants alike--all of whom endure backbreaking work, miniscule wages, and nonexistent benefits in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.62 THODeParle, Jason
Summary: "When Jason DeParle moved in with Tita Comodas in the Manila slums thirty years ago, he didn't expect to make a lifelong friend. Nor did he expect to spend decades reporting on her family--husband, children, and siblings--as they came to embody the stunning rise of global migration. In A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves, DeParle paints an intimate portrait of an unforgettable family across three...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019