The price of poverty : money, work, and culture in the Mexican-American barrio /

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Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork in two impoverished California communities--one made up of recent immigrants from Mexico, the other of U.S.-born Chicano citizens--this book provides an invaluable comparative perspective on Latino poverty in contemporary America.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dohan, Daniel, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.
Temas:
Mexican Americans > California > San Jose > Economic conditions.
Mexican Americans > California > East Los Angeles > Economic conditions.
Poor > California > San Jose.
Poor > California > East Los Angeles.
Hispanic American neighborhoods > California > Case studies.
United States Local History.
Regions & Countries > Americas.
History & Archaeology.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Californie > San Jose > Conditions économiques.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Californie > East Los Angeles > Conditions économiques.
Pauvres > Californie > San Jose.
Pauvres > Californie > East Los Angeles.
Quartiers hispaniques > Californie > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Economic history
Ethnic relations
Hispanic American neighborhoods
Mexican Americans > Economic conditions
Urban poor
San Jose (Calif.) > Economic conditions.
East Los Angeles (Calif.) > Economic conditions.
San Jose (Calif.) > Ethnic relations.
East Los Angeles (Calif.) > Ethnic relations.
California
California > East Los Angeles
California > San Jose
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Institutions of poverty
  • Income generation in the barrios
  • The job market
  • The experience of low-wage work
  • Networks and work
  • Illegal routines
  • The consequences of illegal work
  • Making ends meet
  • Making welfare stigma
  • The price of poverty.

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