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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
Published Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 241 pages) : illustrations
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-233) and index
Notes English
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Subject Rotating credit associations -- Mexico
Rotating credit associations -- Southwest, New
Mexican Americans -- Southwest, New -- Economic conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Economic history
Mexican Americans -- Economic conditions
Rotating credit associations
Social conditions
SUBJECT Mexican-American Border Region -- Economic conditions
Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions
Subject Mexico
North America -- Mexican-American Border Region
New Southwest
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010017946
ISBN 9780816501083
0816501084
1299191290
9781299191297