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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dohan, Daniel, 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
United States Local History.
Urban poor.
Mexican Americans > Economic conditions.
Hispanic American neighborhoods.
Ethnic relations.
Economic history.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
Quartiers hispaniques > Californie > Études de cas.
Pauvres > Californie > East Los Angeles.
Pauvres > Californie > San Jose.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Californie > East Los Angeles > Conditions economiques.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Californie > San Jose > Conditions economiques.
Hispanic American neighborhoods > California > Case studies.
Poor > California > East Los Angeles.
Poor > California > San Jose.
Mexican Americans > California > East Los Angeles > Economic conditions.
Mexican Americans > California > San Jose > Economic conditions.
California > San Jose.
California > East Los Angeles.
California.
East Los Angeles (Calif.) > Ethnic relations.
San Jose (Calif.) > Ethnic relations.
East Los Angeles (Calif.) > Economic conditions.
San Jose (Calif.) > Economic conditions.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (314 pages).
ISBN:9780520937277

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