El Norte or Bust! : How Migration Fever and Microcredit Produced a Financial Crash in a Latin American Town.

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Author / Creator:	Stoll, David.
Imprint:	Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (297 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Ixil Indians -- Guatemala -- Nebaj -- Economic conditions. Microfinance -- Guatemala -- Nebaj. Quiché Indians -- Guatemala -- Nebaj -- Economic conditions. Economic history. Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects. Microfinance. Nebaj (Guatemala) -- Economic conditions. Nebaj (Guatemala) -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects. Guatemala -- Nebaj. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11404163

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ISBN:	9781442220690 1442220694 9781442220683 1442220686
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	In this unexpected story of a financial bubble and collapse, David Stoll puts a compelling human face on the global economic crisis. Tracing the desperate plight of Latin Americans moving north in search of higher wages, he shows how for the Mayas of Nebaj, an indigenous town in Guatemala that is running out of land, the biggest challenge is finding employment for their youth. The Nebajenses have tried to solve that problem by using U.S. development aid funds to smuggle themselves to the United States and earn enough to support their families back home. As their experience shows, migration str.
Other form:	Print version: 9781442220683

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