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The price of poverty [electronic resource] : money, work, and culture in the Mexican-American barrio / Daniel Dohan.

By: Dohan, Daniel, 1965-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003Description: xix, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Mexican Americans -- California -- San Jose -- Economic conditions | Mexican Americans -- California -- East Los Angeles -- Economic conditions | Urban poor -- California -- San Jose | Urban poor -- California -- East Los Angeles | Hispanic American neighborhoods -- California -- Case studies | San Jose (Calif.) -- Economic conditions | East Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Economic conditions | San Jose (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations | East Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Ethnic relationsGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 330.9794/74/00896872 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2005. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.