The price of poverty
Subtitle: money, work, and culture in the Mexican-American barrio
By: Daniel Dohan.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: 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 relations
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-287) and index.
Table of contents: title: Institutions of poverty; title: Income generation in the barrios; title: The job market; title: The experience of low-wage work; title: Networks and work; title: Illegal routines; title: The consequences of illegal work; title: Making ends meet; title: Making welfare stigma; title: The price of poverty.