The maid trade: Cross-border work in South Texas

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 568-579

  Pisani, Michael J ^a   Yoskowitz, David W ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

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EID: 0036624908     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-6237.00101     Document Type: Article

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