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Author

Dohan, Daniel, 1965-

Title The price of poverty [electronic resource] : money, work, and culture in the Mexican-American barrio / Daniel Dohan.

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Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xix, 295 p. : ill.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-287) and index.
Contents	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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Mexican Americans -- California -- San Jose -- Economic conditions.
	Mexican Americans -- California -- East Los Angeles -- Economic conditions.
	Urban poor -- California -- San Jose.
	Urban poor -- California -- East Los Angeles.
	Hispanic American neighborhoods -- California -- Case studies.
	San Jose (Calif.) -- Economic conditions.
	East Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Economic conditions.
	San Jose (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations.
	East Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	0520227565 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0520238893 (pbk. : alk. paper)