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El Norte or bust [[electronic resource] ] : how migration fever and microcredit produced a financial crash in a Latin American town / / David Stoll
| El Norte or bust [[electronic resource] ] : how migration fever and microcredit produced a financial crash in a Latin American town / / David Stoll |
| Autore | Stoll David <1952-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
| Disciplina | 330.97281/72 |
| Soggetto topico |
Microfinance - Guatemala - Nebraj
Ixil Indians - Guatemala - Nebraj - Economic conditions Quiché Indians - Guatemala - Nebraj - Economic conditions Emigrant remittances - Guatemala - Nebraj Noncitizens - United States - Economic conditions Illegal immigration |
| ISBN |
1-283-84819-8
1-4422-2069-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Maps and Tables; Preface; Part I. THE AMERICAN DREAM COMES TO THE CUCHUMATANES; Chapter One. Great Expectations in a Guatemalan Town; Chapter Two. A Town of Many Projects; Chapter Three. Nebaj Goes North; Chapter Four. Indenture Travel; Part II. THE NEBAJ BUBBLE AND HOW IT BURST; Chapter Five. Borrowers, Moneylenders, and Banks; Chapter Six. Projects and Their Penumbra-Swindles; Chapter Seven. Losing Husbands to El Norte; Part III. COMPARISONS AND EXTRAPOLATIONS; Chapter Eight. Dreams and Pyramid Schemes; Chapter Nine. The Right to Not Migrate; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779337103321 |
Stoll David <1952->
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| Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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El Norte or bust [[electronic resource] ] : how migration fever and microcredit produced a financial crash in a Latin American town / / David Stoll
| El Norte or bust [[electronic resource] ] : how migration fever and microcredit produced a financial crash in a Latin American town / / David Stoll |
| Autore | Stoll David <1952-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
| Disciplina | 330.97281/72 |
| Soggetto topico |
Microfinance - Guatemala - Nebraj
Ixil Indians - Guatemala - Nebraj - Economic conditions Quiché Indians - Guatemala - Nebraj - Economic conditions Emigrant remittances - Guatemala - Nebraj Noncitizens - United States - Economic conditions Illegal immigration |
| ISBN |
1-283-84819-8
1-4422-2069-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Maps and Tables; Preface; Part I. THE AMERICAN DREAM COMES TO THE CUCHUMATANES; Chapter One. Great Expectations in a Guatemalan Town; Chapter Two. A Town of Many Projects; Chapter Three. Nebaj Goes North; Chapter Four. Indenture Travel; Part II. THE NEBAJ BUBBLE AND HOW IT BURST; Chapter Five. Borrowers, Moneylenders, and Banks; Chapter Six. Projects and Their Penumbra-Swindles; Chapter Seven. Losing Husbands to El Norte; Part III. COMPARISONS AND EXTRAPOLATIONS; Chapter Eight. Dreams and Pyramid Schemes; Chapter Nine. The Right to Not Migrate; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827132103321 |
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Stoll David <1952->
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| Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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They never come back : a story of undocumented workers from Mexico / / Frans J. Schryer
| They never come back : a story of undocumented workers from Mexico / / Frans J. Schryer |
| Autore | Schryer Frans J. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca ; ; London : , : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 160 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 331.6/2720973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Foreign workers, Mexican - United States - Social conditions
Foreign workers, Mexican - United States - Economic conditions Noncitizens - United States - Social conditions Noncitizens - United States - Economic conditions Illegal immigration |
| ISBN |
0-8014-5511-1
0-8014-7961-4 0-8014-5512-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | What happened to the Mexican miracle? -- Struggling to get ahead -- No one lives there -- I feel sorry for them -- It used to be easy to cross the border -- In the U.S. all you do is work -- For me it is about the same -- Mexicans are good workers -- We can never hang out with our friends -- You are only sent back if you're bad -- We must carry on our ancestors' traditions -- I don't have much in common with my cousin -- The system is broken -- Final remarks. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787288703321 |
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Schryer Frans J.
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| Ithaca ; ; London : , : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
They never come back : a story of undocumented workers from Mexico / / Frans J. Schryer
| They never come back : a story of undocumented workers from Mexico / / Frans J. Schryer |
| Autore | Schryer Frans J. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca ; ; London : , : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 160 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 331.6/2720973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Foreign workers, Mexican - United States - Social conditions
Foreign workers, Mexican - United States - Economic conditions Noncitizens - United States - Social conditions Noncitizens - United States - Economic conditions Illegal immigration |
| ISBN |
0-8014-5511-1
0-8014-7961-4 0-8014-5512-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | What happened to the Mexican miracle? -- Struggling to get ahead -- No one lives there -- I feel sorry for them -- It used to be easy to cross the border -- In the U.S. all you do is work -- For me it is about the same -- Mexicans are good workers -- We can never hang out with our friends -- You are only sent back if you're bad -- We must carry on our ancestors' traditions -- I don't have much in common with my cousin -- The system is broken -- Final remarks. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828110403321 |
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Schryer Frans J.
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| Ithaca ; ; London : , : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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