Declining odds: Kinship, women's employment, and political economy in rural Mexico

American Anthropologist

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 579-593

  Rothstein, Frances Abrahamer ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Kinship; Mexico; Political economy; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033269196     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.1999.101.3.579     Document Type: Article

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