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Author Song, Miri, 1964-

Title Helping out : children's labor in ethnic businesses / Miri Song
Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 247 pages)
Contents Preface; 1. The Role of Family Ties in Ethnic Businesses; 2. Chinese Migration and the Establishment of Take-aways in Britain; 3. "The Shop Runs Our Lives"; 4. Helping Out; 5. Upholding and Negotiating the Family Work Contract; 6. Siblings' Labor Commitments and Family Reputations; 7. Looking to the Future; Appendix A: Locations of Take-away Businesses; Appendix B: Background Information on Young People; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary An examination of children's work roles in ethnic businesses
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-240) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Children of minorities -- Employment -- Great Britain
Ethnic restaurants -- Great Britain -- Employees
Fast food restaurants -- Great Britain -- Employees
Chinese -- Employment -- Great Britain
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General.
Chinese -- Employment.
Fast food restaurants -- Employees.
Chinesischer Einwanderer
Schnellgaststätte
Kinderarbeit
Nationale Minderheit
Unternehmen
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0585364184
9780585364186
9781439906187
1439906181
1566397081
9781566397087
156639709X
9781566397094