The Informal and Underground Economy of the South Texas Border /

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Much has been debated about the presence of undocumented workers along the South Texas border, but these debates often overlook the more complete dimension: the region's longstanding, undocumented economies as a whole. Borderlands commerce that evades government scrutiny can be categorized into...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Richardson, Chad (Autor), Pisani, Michael J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
Temas:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Culture, Structure, and the South Texas- Northern Mexico Border Economy
  • 2 Underground Economic Activities
  • 3 Informal Economic Activities
  • 4 Informality and Undocumented Workers
  • 5 Informal Cross-Border Trade
  • 6 Border Colonias: Informality in Housing
  • 7 The Informal Health Care Economy (with Dejun Su)
  • 8 Family and Welfare Informality (with Amelia Flores)
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Borderlife Survey Research Projects Utilized in This Volume
  • Appendix B: Names of Students Who Contributed Ethnographic Accounts
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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