Men in a developing society : geographic and social mobility in Monterrey, Mexico /
Case study of social mobility and labour mobility in Mexico, based on an interview survey of 1640 men (including migrant workers) in the monterrey urban area and 380 rural migration-prone men in a nearby rural community - examines the consequences of economic development for individual workers as re...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Austin :
Published for the Institute of Latin American Studies by the University of Texas Press,
©1973.
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Series: | Latin American monographs (University of Texas at Austin. Institute of Latin American Studies) ;
no. 30. |
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Part one. Setting the scene
- Introduction
- The development of Monterrey as an industrial center
- Characteristics of communities of origin of migrants to Monterrrey
- Part two. The life histories
- Community, family of origin, and educational attainment
- Entry into the labor force and early work experience
- The social and economic context of migration to Monterrey
- Marriage and early family formation
- Paths of occupational mobility
- Older men's biographical profiles and sons' prospects
- Part three. A broader perspective
- The process of stratification
- The Monterrey mobility pattern: consequences and prospects.