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Mangos, Chiles, and Truckers
Robert R. Alvarez
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paperback. Series: Critical American Studies. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10 halftones, 1 line art, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 145 x 10. Weight in Grams: 259.
Mangos, Chiles, and Truckers illuminates how local groups and individuals engage the global world and capitalism in creative ways. Robert Alvarez analyzes how the produce and trucking industries in Mexico affect the organization of work, community, and social space for miles on either side of the international border. Taking an ethnographic approach, Alvarez focuses on the impact transnational economic policies like NAFTA have had on growers of mangos and chiles in Mexico, those who transport the produce across the U.S.–Mexico border, and the immigrant communities receiving these goods in the United States.
Contrary to common perceptions in postnational studies, ... Read more
Mangos, Chiles, and Truckers illuminates how local groups and individuals engage the global world and capitalism in creative ways. Robert Alvarez analyzes how the produce and trucking industries in Mexico affect the organization of work, community, and social space for miles on either side of the international border. Taking an ethnographic approach, Alvarez focuses on the impact transnational economic policies like NAFTA have had on growers of mangos and chiles in Mexico, those who transport the produce across the U.S.–Mexico border, and the immigrant communities receiving these goods in the United States.
Contrary to common perceptions in postnational studies, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Series
Critical American Studies
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816645084
SKU
V9780816645084
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About Robert R. Alvarez
Robert R. Alvarez Jr. is professor of ethnic studies at the University of California, San Diego. George Lipsitz is professor of American studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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