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Author Tuttle, Carolyn.
Title Mexican women in American factories : free trade and exploitation on the border / by Carolyn Tuttle.
Publisher Austin : University of Texas Press, c2012.
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 Storage/Book Stacks  HD9734.M42 T88 2012  AVAILABLE
Descript xvi, 235 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Edition 1st ed.
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-223) and index.
Contents American factories in Mexico -- The border city of Nogales -- House to house: the method of analysis -- The history of the maquila industry -- Are the maquilas sweatshops? -- Liberation or exploitation of women workers? -- Fancy factories and dilapidated dwellings.
ISBN 9780292739130 (cloth : alk. paper)
0292739133 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780292739147 (e-book)
0292739141 (e-book)
Subject Offshore assembly industry -- Mexico.
Women offshore assembly industry workers -- Mexico.
Corporations, Foreign -- Mexico.
Manufacturing industries -- United States -- Employees.
International business enterprises -- United States -- Employees.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Economic conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions.

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