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

Edition First edition Published Austin : University of Texas Press, [2012] ©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 Print version record Subject Corporations, Foreign -- Mexico. International business enterprises -- United States -- Employees. Manufacturing industries -- United States -- Employees. Offshore assembly industry -- Mexico. Women offshore assembly industry workers -- Mexico. Mexican-American Border Region -- Economic conditions. Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions. Form Electronic book LC no. 2011049722 ISBN 0292739141 (electronic bk.) 9780292739147 (electronic bk.)

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