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Dohan, Daniel, 1965-

The price of poverty money, work, and culture in the Mexican-American barrio / [electronic resource] : Daniel Dohan. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003. - xix, 295 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-287) and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mexican Americans--Economic conditions.--California--San Jose
Mexican Americans--Economic conditions.--California--East Los Angeles
Urban poor--California--San Jose.
Urban poor--California--East Los Angeles.
Hispanic American neighborhoods--California--Case studies.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
San Jose (Calif.)--Economic conditions.
East Los Angeles (Calif.)--Economic conditions.
San Jose (Calif.)--Ethnic relations.
East Los Angeles (Calif.)--Ethnic relations.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F869.S394 / D64 2003eb

Dewey Class. No.: 330.9794/74/00896872