49 records matched your query       

Author:

Vélez-Ibañez, Carlos G., 1936-

Title:

An impossible living in a transborder world : culture, confianza, and economy of Mexican-origin populations / Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez.

Publisher:

University of Arizona Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

x, 241 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Rotating credit associations--Mexico.
Rotating credit associations--Southwest, New.
Mexican Americans--Southwest, New--Economic conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region--Economic conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The transborder and transnational dimensions of culture and political economy -- Confianza: building block of social exchange and the operational cycles of ROSCAs -- Social and cultural dimensions and dynamics of their class contexts -- Living at a slant in the midst of megascripts in the transborder Southwest North American region: dos mujeres sin fin -- Crossing divisions and social borders: ROSCAs as transborder practices and their functions -- Conclusions.

ISBN:

0816526354 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780816526352 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0816526346 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780816526345 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)611038571

LCCN:

2010017946

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)