Mark A Grey

Biographic Data

ID3640090
NAMEMark A Grey
GIVEN NAMESMark A
FAMILY NAMEGrey
SIGNATUREGREY M A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Northern Iowa
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1992
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
H-INDEX1

  • Unofficial Sister Cities

    Mark A Grey, Anne C WoodrickARTICLEHuman Organization2002

    The meatpacking plant in Marshalltown, Iowa, is heavily dependent on production workers from one Mexican community. Not only has this plant developed a dependence on these immigrants, but the migrants, their families, and their home town have become economically and socially dependent on the plant. The result of this symbiotic relationship is the establishment of an unofficial "sister city" relationship between Marshalltown and Villachuato, Mexic…

  • The Industrial Food Stream and its Alternatives in the United States

    Mark Grey, Mark A GreyARTICLEHuman Organization2000

    The United States has experienced the development of two food streams. One is based on an industrial model and is dominated by a handful of large, integrated transnational corporations. The other relies on direct marketing that links food producers with consumers. Although the latter food stream is small by the standards of industrial agribusiness, it is growing rapidly. The articles in this collection address various aspects of industrial food p…

  • “Those Bastards Can Go to Hell!” Small-Farmer Resistance to Vertical Integration and Concentration in the Pork Industry

    Mark A GreyARTICLEHuman Organization2000

    Vertical integration and concentration in hog production have made it difficult for small, family hog farms to survive. This article examines a small group of Iowa hog farmers who formed a cooperative to raise and sell

  • New Immigrants in Old Iowa

    Open AccessMark A GreyARTICLEAnthropology News2000

  • Immigrants, Migration, and Worker Turnover at the Hog Pride Pork Packing Plant

    Mark Grey, Mark A GreyARTICLEHuman Organization1999

    Employee turnover is pervasive in industries and services that offer low pay, low status, little career advancement, and stressful work environments. Turnover rates are particularly high in meatpacking. The focus of this article is a large meatpacking plant in Iowa that experienced annual turnover of 80%. Two themes emerged from this study: tension between the plant's predominate ethnic groups, Anglos and Latino immigrants, and working conditions…

  • Patronage, Kinship, and Recruitment of Lao and Mennonite Labor to Storm Lake, Iowa

    Open AccessMark A GreyARTICLECulture & Agriculture1996

  • Low-Cost Voice-Mail for the Homeless in Waterloo, Iowa

    Mark A Grey, Mone QuangARTICLEPracticing Anthropology1994

    Although shelter is the most immediate need of all homeless people, improving their long-term conditions requires employment, health care, and permanent housing. As we discovered through a review of the homeless literature and discussion with community service providers, a primary barrier to securing health care, permanent housing, and particularly employment is the lack of a phone number

  • Sports and Immigrant, Minority and Anglo Relations in Garden City (Kansas) High School

    Mark A GreyARTICLESociology of Sport Journal1992Cited by: 5References: 2

    This article considers the role of sports in relations among immigrant and established-resident minority and Anglo students in Garden City, Kansas, High School. Sports activities form the most direct link between the school and community, and many Garden City residents consider sport to be one of the school’s most important functions. Many perceive sports, particularly football, as a catalyst for successful academic school years. However, emphasi…