ISBN:
9780520937277
,
0520937279
,
1417520418
,
9781417520411
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xix, 295 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Price of poverty
DDC:
330.97947400896872
Keywords:
Urban poor
;
Hispanic American neighborhoods Case studies
;
Urban poor
;
Mexican Americans Economic conditions
;
Mexican Americans Economic conditions
;
Electronic books
;
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Economics ; Comparative
;
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Economic Conditions
;
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Economic History
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
Economic history
;
Ethnic relations
;
Hispanic American neighborhoods
;
Mexican Americans ; Economic conditions
;
Urban poor
;
United States Local History
;
Regions & Countries - Americas
;
History & Archaeology
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Economic Conditions
;
Case studies
;
San Jose (Calif.) Economic conditions
;
East Los Angeles (Calif.) Economic conditions
;
San Jose (Calif.) Ethnic relations
;
East Los Angeles (Calif.) Ethnic relations
;
California
;
California ; East Los Angeles
;
California ; San Jose
;
Electronic books Case studies
;
Fallstudiensammlung
;
Kalifornien
;
Chicanos
;
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Abstract:
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
Abstract:
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.
Description / Table of Contents:
Institutions of povertyIncome 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-287) and index. - Description based on print version record
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