For We Are Sold, I and My People: Women and Industry in Mexico's Frontier

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Pub. Date: 1983-08-01
Publisher(s): State Univ of New York Pr
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. vii
Introductionp. 1
The Border Industrialization Programp. 19
The Maquila Women: Characteristics of the Work Force in Ciudad Juárez's Assembly Plantsp. 47
Maquiladoras and the International Division of Laborp. 70
Offshore Production and Local Labor Markets in the International Contextp. 91
Maquiladoras: the View from Insidep. 108
Maquiladoras and Cultural Change in Ciudad Juárezp. 133
Maquiladora Work and Household Organization: an Ethnographic Accountp. 151
Epiloguep. 190
Bibliographyp. 195
Indexp. 214
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