Israel Drori is Lecturer in Public Policy at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of Arab Industrialization in Israel: Ethnic Entrepreneurship in the Periphery (with Y. Schnell and M. Sofer).

• 1. Introduction 2. Methods: reflections on the field 3. On factory daughters and the culture of the workplace 4. The sewing plants: scenes from the social arena 5. The seamstresses: in motion toward reconstructing work and life 6. The supervisors: go betweens 7. The managers: embodying a double system 8. Out with the old and in with the Hi-Tex 9. Conclusion Notes References Index.

"A significant contribution to the literature in organizational ethnography."—Work and Occupations "Drori's book is a useful addition to the literature of a largely neglected, but important subject."—Journal of Palestine Studies "The book beautifully documents the interplay between the culture of the local Arab communities and the culture of the plants that employ women from those communities. . . . Drori does a masterful job of showing how the local Arab culture enters into the workplace to shape the nature of social relations, norms, expectations, and values. . . . The Seam Line is a wonderful ethnography situated in a rich setting."—Administrative Science Quarterly

Israel Drori is Lecturer in Public Policy at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of Arab Industrialization in Israel: Ethnic Entrepreneurship in the Periphery (with Y. Schnell and M. Sofer).

• 1. Introduction 2. Methods: reflections on the field 3. On factory daughters and the culture of the workplace 4. The sewing plants: scenes from the social arena 5. The seamstresses: in motion toward reconstructing work and life 6. The supervisors: go betweens 7. The managers: embodying a double system 8. Out with the old and in with the Hi-Tex 9. Conclusion Notes References Index.

"A significant contribution to the literature in organizational ethnography."—Work and Occupations "Drori's book is a useful addition to the literature of a largely neglected, but important subject."—Journal of Palestine Studies "The book beautifully documents the interplay between the culture of the local Arab communities and the culture of the plants that employ women from those communities. . . . Drori does a masterful job of showing how the local Arab culture enters into the workplace to shape the nature of social relations, norms, expectations, and values. . . . The Seam Line is a wonderful ethnography situated in a rich setting."—Administrative Science Quarterly

Israel Drori is Lecturer in Public Policy at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of Arab Industrialization in Israel: Ethnic Entrepreneurship in the Periphery (with Y. Schnell and M. Sofer).

• 1. Introduction 2. Methods: reflections on the field 3. On factory daughters and the culture of the workplace 4. The sewing plants: scenes from the social arena 5. The seamstresses: in motion toward reconstructing work and life 6. The supervisors: go betweens 7. The managers: embodying a double system 8. Out with the old and in with the Hi-Tex 9. Conclusion Notes References Index.

"A significant contribution to the literature in organizational ethnography."—Work and Occupations "Drori's book is a useful addition to the literature of a largely neglected, but important subject."—Journal of Palestine Studies "The book beautifully documents the interplay between the culture of the local Arab communities and the culture of the plants that employ women from those communities. . . . Drori does a masterful job of showing how the local Arab culture enters into the workplace to shape the nature of social relations, norms, expectations, and values. . . . The Seam Line is a wonderful ethnography situated in a rich setting."—Administrative Science Quarterly