Searching for wages and mothering from afar: The case of honduran transnational families

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1317-1331

  Schmalzbauer, Leah ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carework; Family; Globalization; Honduras; Immigration; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844253934     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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