El Norte or bust! : how migration fever and microcredit produced a financial crash in a Latin American town /

El Norte or bust! : how migration fever and microcredit produced a financial crash in a Latin American town /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Stoll, David, 1952-
Imprint:	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013] ©2013
Description:	xiii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Microfinance -- Guatemala -- Nebraj. Ixil Indians -- Guatemala -- Nebraj -- Economic conditions. Quiché Indians -- Guatemala -- Nebraj -- Economic conditions. Emigrant remittances -- Guatemala -- Nebraj. Illegal aliens -- United States -- Economic conditions. Economic history. Emigrant remittances. Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects. Microfinance. Nebaj (Guatemala) -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects. Nebaj (Guatemala) -- Economic conditions. Guatemala -- Nebaj. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8966462

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ISBN:	9781442220683 (cloth : alk. paper) 1442220686 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781442220690 (electronic) 1442220694 (electronic)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Maps and Tables
Preface
Part I. The American Dream Comes to the Cuchumatanes
1. Great Expectations in a Guatemalan Town
2. A Town of Many Projects
3. Nebaj Goes North
4. Indenture Travel
Part II. The Nebaj Bubble and How it Burst
5. Borrowers, Moneylenders, and Banks
6. Projects and Their Penumbra-Swindles
7. Losing Husbands to El Norte
Part III. Comparisons and Extrapolations
8. Dreams and Pyramid Schemes
9. The Right to Not Migrate
Notes
Bibliography
Index