Border lives : fronterizos, transnational migrants, and commuters in Tijuana / Sergio Chávez
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TextNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and whiteContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780199380619 (ebook) :Subject(s): Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspect | San Diego (Calif.) -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspect | Immigrants -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) -- Social condition | Mexican-American Border Region -- Social condition | Mexican-American Border Region -- Economic condition | TransnationalisAdditional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 305.90691097223 LOC classification: JV7409.Z6 | T5534 2016Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 'Border Lives' tells the story of former, current, and future border crossers who live in Tijuana and use the border as a resource to construct their livelihoods. Drawing on almost a year and a half of ethnographic data, Sergio Chávez demonstrates the ways in which the border can be both a resource and a constraint on people's live
Includes bibliographical references and index
'Border Lives' tells the story of former, current, and future border crossers who live in Tijuana and use the border as a resource to construct their livelihoods. Drawing on almost a year and a half of ethnographic data, Sergio Chávez demonstrates the ways in which the border can be both a resource and a constraint on people's live
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