The grass widows of mexico: Migration and union dissolution in a binational context

Social Forces

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 919-948

  Frank, Reanne ^a,c   Wildsmith, Elizabeth ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c 190 N Oval Mall ^*  (United States)

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EID: 20144368272     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2005.0031     Document Type: Article

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