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1 online resource (297 pages) |
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| 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. |
| Contents |
Maps and Tables; Preface; Part I. THE AMERICAN DREAM COMES TO THE CUCHUMATANES; Chapter One. Great Expectations in a Guatemalan Town; Chapter Two. A Town of Many Projects; Chapter Three. Nebaj Goes North; Chapter Four. Indenture Travel; Part II. THE NEBAJ BUBBLE AND HOW IT BURST; Chapter Five. Borrowers, Moneylenders, and Banks; Chapter Six. Projects and Their Penumbra-Swindles; Chapter Seven. Losing Husbands to El Norte; Part III. COMPARISONS AND EXTRAPOLATIONS; Chapter Eight. Dreams and Pyramid Schemes; Chapter Nine. The Right to Not Migrate; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ixil Indians -- Guatemala -- Nebaj -- Economic conditions.
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Ixil Indians. |
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Guatemala -- Nebaj. |
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Economic conditions. |
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Microfinance -- Guatemala -- Nebaj.
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Microfinance. |
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Nebaj (Guatemala) -- Economic conditions.
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Nebaj (Guatemala) -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects.
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Quiché Indians -- Guatemala -- Nebaj -- Economic conditions.
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Quiché Indians. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781442220683 |
| ISBN |
9781442220690 |
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1442220694 |
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9781442220683 |
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1442220686 |
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