03870nam 2200793 a 450 991081470380332120200520144314.01-282-35973-80-520-93727-91-59734-831-7978661235973610.1525/9780520937277(CKB)1000000000006361(EBL)224240(OCoLC)475930283(SSID)ssj0000226884(PQKBManifestationID)11216176(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000226884(PQKBWorkID)10259492(PQKB)10894238(OCoLC)55748357(MdBmJHUP)muse30670(MiAaPQ)EBC224240(DE-B1597)519200(DE-B1597)9780520937277(Au-PeEL)EBL224240(CaPaEBR)ebr10058529(CaONFJC)MIL235973(EXLCZ)99100000000000636120030205d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe price of poverty money, work, and culture in the Mexican-American barrio /Daniel Dohan1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20031 online resource (317 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-22756-5 0-520-23889-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-287) and index.Institutions of poverty -- Income generation in the barrios -- The job market -- The experience of low-wage work -- Networks and work -- Illegal routines -- The consequences of illegal work -- Making ends meet -- Making welfare stigma -- The price of poverty.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. In northern California's high-tech Silicon Valley, author Daniel Dohan shows how recent immigrants get by on low-wage babysitting and dish-cleaning jobs. In the housing projects of Los Angeles, he documents how families and communities of U.S.-born Mexican Americans manage the social and economic dislocations of persistent poverty. Taking readers into worlds where public assistance, street crime, competition for low-wage jobs, and family, pride, and cross-cultural experiences intermingle, The Price of Poverty offers vivid portraits of everyday life in these Mexican American communities while addressing urgent policy questions such as: What accounts for joblessness? How can we make sense of crime in poor communities? Does welfare hurt or help?Mexican AmericansCaliforniaSan JoseEconomic conditionsMexican AmericansCaliforniaEast Los AngelesEconomic conditionsUrban poorCaliforniaSan JoseUrban poorCaliforniaEast Los AngelesHispanic American neighborhoodsCaliforniaCase studiesSan Jose (Calif.)Economic conditionsEast Los Angeles (Calif.)Economic conditionsSan Jose (Calif.)Ethnic relationsEast Los Angeles (Calif.)Ethnic relationsMexican AmericansEconomic conditions.Mexican AmericansEconomic conditions.Urban poorUrban poorHispanic American neighborhoods330.9794/74/00896872MS 3530rvkDohan Daniel1965-1609625MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814703803321The price of poverty3936934UNINA