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Author Velez-Ibanez, Carlos G., 1936-

Title An impossible living in a transborder world [electronic resource] : culture, confianza, and economy of Mexican-origin populations / Carlos G. Velez-Ibanez.

Imprint Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2010.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 241 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Rotating credit associations -- Mexico.
Rotating credit associations -- Southwest, New.
Mexican Americans -- Southwest, New -- Economic conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Economic conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780816526345 (cloth : alk. paper)
0816526346 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780816526352 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0816526354 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780816501083 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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