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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452764303321

Autore

Tuttle Carolyn

Titolo

Mexican women in American factories [[electronic resource] ] : free trade and exploitation on the border / / by Carolyn Tuttle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, c2012

ISBN

0-292-73914-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

331.40972/1

Soggetti

Offshore assembly industry - Mexico

Women offshore assembly industry workers - Mexico

Corporations, Foreign - Mexico

Manufacturing industries - United States - Employees

International business enterprises - United States - Employees

Electronic books.

Mexican-American Border Region Economic conditions

Mexican-American Border Region Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.