Title The price of poverty : money, work, and culture in the Mexican-American barrio / Daniel Dohan.

Publication Info.	Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003]
	©2003

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Description	1 online resource (xix, 295 pages)
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-287) and index.
Contents	Institutions of poverty -- Income generation in the barrios -- The job market -- The experience of low-wage work -- Networks and work -- Illegal routines -- The consequences of illegal work -- Making ends meet -- Making welfare stigma -- The price of poverty.
Summary	Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork in two impoverished California communities--one made up of recent immigrants from Mexico, the other of U.S.-born Chicano citizens--this book provides an invaluable comparative perspective on Latino poverty in contemporary America.
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Language	English.
Subject	Mexican Americans -- California -- San Jose -- Economic conditions.
	Mexican Americans.
	California -- San Jose.
	Economic conditions.
	Mexican Americans -- California -- East Los Angeles -- Economic conditions.
	California -- East Los Angeles.
	Poor -- California -- San Jose.
	Poor.
	Poor -- California -- East Los Angeles.
	San Jose (Calif.) -- Economic conditions.
	East Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Economic conditions.
	San Jose (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations.
	East Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations.
	Hispanic American neighborhoods -- California -- Case studies.
	California.
Genre/Form	Case studies.
Subject	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
	Hispanic American neighborhoods.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
	Economic history.
	Mexican Americans -- Economic conditions.
	Urban poor.
	Ethnic relations.
	United States Local History.
	Regions & Countries -- Americas.
	History & Archaeology.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Case studies.
Other Form:	Print version: The price of poverty Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003. 0520227565 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2003002460
ISBN	9780520937277 ebook
	0520937279
	0520227565 cloth alkaline paper
	0520238893 paperback alkaline paper
	1417520418 (electronic book)
	9781417520411 (electronic book)
	1597348317
	9781597348317
	9780520227569
	9780520238893
	1282359738
	9781282359734

Title The price of poverty : money, work, and culture in the Mexican-American barrio / Daniel Dohan.

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