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Author Fernández-Kelly, María Patricia, 1948-

Title For we are sold, I and my people : women and industry in Mexico's frontier / María Patricia Fernández-Kelly
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1983

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 217 pages)
Series SUNY series in the anthropology of work
SUNY series in the anthropology of work.
Contents Introduction -- The border industrialization program -- The Maquila women: characteristics of the work force in Ciudad Juárez's assembly plants -- Maquiladoras and the international Division of Labor -- Offshore production and local labor markets in the international context -- Maquiladoras: the view from inside -- Maquiladoras and cultural change in Ciudad Juárez -- Maquiladora work and household organization: an ethnographic account
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index
Notes English
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Subject Women textile workers -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
Women electronic industry workers -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
Textile industry -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
Electronic industries -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Economic history
Electronic industries
Textile industry
Women electronic industry workers
Women textile workers
SUBJECT Mexican-American Border Region -- Economic conditions
Subject Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
North America -- Mexican-American Border Region
Form Electronic book
LC no. 82019249
ISBN 0585087563
9780585087566
1438402643
9781438402642
Other Titles Women and industry in Mexico's frontier