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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Author / Creator:	Vélez-Ibáñez, Carlos G., 1936-
Imprint:	Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2010.
Description:	x, 241 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Rotating credit associations -- Mexico. Rotating credit associations -- Southwest, New. Mexican Americans -- Southwest, New -- Economic conditions. Economic history. Mexican Americans -- Economic conditions. Rotating credit associations. Social conditions Mexican-American Border Region -- Economic conditions. Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions. Mexico. North America -- Mexican-American Border Region. Southwest, New.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8265994

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ISBN:	9780816526345 (cloth : alk. paper) 0816526346 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780816526352 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0816526354 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.