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An impossible living in a transborder world : culture, confianza, and economy of Mexican-origin populations / Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez.
Lippincott Library HG2039.M4 V443 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vélez-Ibañez, Carlos G., 1936-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rotating credit associations--Mexico.
- Rotating credit associations.
- Rotating credit associations--Southwest, New.
- Mexican Americans--Southwest, New--Economic conditions.
- Mexican Americans.
- Economic conditions.
- Mexican-American Border Region--Economic conditions.
- Mexican-American Border Region.
- Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions.
- New Southwest.
- Mexico.
- Physical Description:
- x, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- The transborder and transnational dimensions of culture and political economy
- Confianza: building block of social exchange and the operational cycles of ROSCAs
- Social and cultural dimensions and dynamics of their class contexts
- Living at a slant in the midst of megascripts in the transborder Southwest North American region: dos mujeres sin fin
- Crossing divisions and social borders: ROSCAs as transborder practices and their functions
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780816526345
- 0816526346
- 9780816526352
- 0816526354
- OCLC:
- 611038571
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