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Author Tuttle, Carolyn.

Title Mexican women in American factories [electronic resource] : free trade and exploitation on the border / by Carolyn Tuttle.

Imprint Austin : University of Texas Press, c2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xvi, 235 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents American factories in Mexico -- The border city of Nogales -- House to house: the method of analysis -- The history of the maquila industry -- Are the maquilas sweatshops? -- Liberation or exploitation of women workers? -- Fancy factories and dilapidated dwellings.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Offshore assembly industry -- Mexico.
Women offshore assembly industry workers -- Mexico.
Corporations, Foreign -- Mexico.
Manufacturing industries -- United States -- Employees.
International business enterprises -- United States -- Employees.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Economic conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780292739130 (cloth alk. paper)
9780292739147 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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