Transformations of la familia on the U.S.-Mexico border / edited by Raquel R. Márquez and Harriett D. Romo.

Other author Márquez, Raquel R.
Other author Romo, Harriett.
Format Book
Publication InfoNotre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxiii, 321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesLatino perspectives
Latino perspectives. ^A770386
Contents A demographic profile of children and families in the U.S.-Mexico border region / Yolanda C. Padilla and Ana Marie Argilagos -- An overview of children and youth on the northern Mexican border / Catalina Palmer -- The extended border : a case study of San Antonio as a transnational city / Harriett D. Romo -- The complex picture of cities near the U.S.-Mexico border : the case of southern California / Belinda I. Reyes and Amanda G. Bailey -- Maquiladora or cross-border commute : the employment of members of households in five Mexican border cities / Marie-Laure Coubès -- Transborder interactions and transnational processes in the border community of Laredo, Texas / Raquel R. Márquez -- Coming of age across borders: family, gender, and place in the lives of second-generation transnational Mexicanas / Patricia Sánchez -- "I'm bien pocha": borderlands epistemologies and the teaching of English in Mexico / Mary A. Petron -- The real and the symbolic : visualizing border spaces / Amelia Malagamba-Ansótegui -- Latina entrepreneurship in the borderlands : family well-being and poverty reduction policies / Bárbara J. Robles -- Public policy changes on the U.S.-Mexico border / Irasema Coronado.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008010456
ISBN9780268035099 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0268035091 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ 549 .T73 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold