An impossible living in a transborder world : culture, confianza, and economy of Mexican-origin populations /

An impossible living in a transborder world : culture, confianza, and economy of Mexican-origin populations /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vélez-Ibañez, Carlos G., 1936-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2010]
Subjects:
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.
Table of 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.