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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456587203321

Autore

Vélez-Ibañez Carlos G. <1936->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tucson, : University of Arizona Press, c2010

ISBN

1-299-19129-0

0-8165-0108-4

Descrizione fisica

x, 241 p. : ill

Disciplina

306.30972/1

Soggetti

Rotating credit associations - Mexico

Rotating credit associations - Southwest, New

Mexican Americans - Southwest, New - Economic conditions

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 (p. [217]-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.