Mexican women in American factories : free trade and exploitation on the border /

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<P>Prior to the millennium, economists and policy makers argued that free trade between the United States and Mexico would benefit both Americans and Mexicans. They believed that NAFTA would be a "win-win" proposition that would offer U.S. companies new markets for their products and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tuttle, Carolyn
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Offshore assembly industry > Mexico.
Women offshore assembly industry workers > Mexico.
Corporations, Foreign > Mexico.
Manufacturing industries > United States > Employees.
International business enterprises > United States > Employees.
Entreprises délocalisées > Personnel féminin > Mexique.
Sociétés étrangères > Mexique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Corporations, Foreign
Economic history
International business enterprises > Employees
Manufacturing industries > Employees
Offshore assembly industry
Social conditions
Women offshore assembly industry workers
Mexican-American Border Region > Economic conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region > Social conditions.
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Conditions économiques.
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Conditions sociales.
Mexico
North America > Mexican-American Border Region
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • American factories in Mexico
  • The border city of Nogales
  • House to house: the method of analysis
  • The history of the maquila industry
  • Are the maquilas sweatshops?
  • Liberation or exploitation of women workers?
  • Fancy factories and dilapidated dwellings.

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