Title Mexican women in American factories : free trade and exploitation on the border / by Carolyn Tuttle

Edition 1st ed Published Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 235 pages) : illustrations, map Contents American factories in Mexico -- The border city of Nogales -- House to house: the method of analysis -- The history of the maquila industry -- Are the maquilas sweatshops? -- Liberation or exploitation of women workers? -- Fancy factories and dilapidated dwellings Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Offshore assembly industry -- Mexico Women offshore assembly industry workers -- Mexico Corporations, Foreign -- Mexico Manufacturing industries -- United States -- Employees International business enterprises -- United States -- Employees BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. Corporations, Foreign. Economic history. International business enterprises -- Employees. Manufacturing industries -- Employees. Offshore assembly industry. Social conditions. Women offshore assembly industry workers. Mexican-American Border Region -- Economic conditions Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions Mexico. North America -- Mexican-American Border Region. United States. Form Electronic book LC no. 2011049722 ISBN 9780292739147 0292739141

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