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Paradise Laborers: Hotel Work in the Global Economy

Contributor(s): Adler, Patricia A (Author), Adler, Peter (Author)

ISBN: 9780801441899

Publisher: ILR Press

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Pub Date: July 15, 2004

Dewey: 331.76164794

LCCN: 2004007178

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.09" H x 9.28" L x 6.34" W ( 1.34 lbs) 328 pages

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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...

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Adler and Adler's genuine skill as storytellers... really elevates this book to an engaging and compelling read, bringing to life this fascinating milieu. Too often research in the hospitality sector has tended to rely on the managerial voice alone and this book clearly avoids such a trap. Indeed, it takes its place alongside several other crucial works emanating from the United States, where ethnographic study has allowed us a real insight into the working lives of those employed in the hospitality sector.

-- "British Journal of Industrial Relations"

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