Beautiful flowers of the maquiladora : life histories of women workers in Tijuana /

Published originally as La flor mas bella de la maquiladora, this book is based on interviews the author conducted with more than fifty Mexican women who work in the assembly plants along the U.S.-Mexico border. A descriptive analytic study conducted in the late 1970s, the book uses compelling testi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Iglesias Prieto, Norma
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Español
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, Institute of Latin American Studies, 1997.
Edition:1st University of Texas Press ed.
Series:Translations from Latin America series.
Subjects:
Women offshore assembly industry workers > Mexico > Tijuana (Baja California) > Interviews.
Women > Employment > Mexico > Tijuana (Baja California)
Women > Mexico > Tijuana (Baja California) > Economic conditions.
Entreprises délocalisées > Personnel féminin > Mexique > Tijuana (Basse-Californie) > Entretiens.
Femmes > Mexique > Tijuana (Basse-Californie) > Conditions économiques.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
Women > Economic conditions.
Women > Employment.
Women offshore assembly industry workers.
Vrouwen.
Arbeidsomstandigheden.
Mexico > Tijuana (Baja California)
Interviews.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Published originally as La flor mas bella de la maquiladora, this book is based on interviews the author conducted with more than fifty Mexican women who work in the assembly plants along the U.S.-Mexico border. A descriptive analytic study conducted in the late 1970s, the book uses compelling testimonials to detail the struggles these women face.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 115 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-110) and index.
ISBN:9780292745834
0292745834

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