Reproducing life and labor: Global processes and working children in Tijuana, Mexico

Childhood

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 365-387

  Aitken, Stuart ^a   Estrada, Silvia López ^b   Jennings, Joel ^c   Aguirre, Lina María ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's work; Globalization; Local geographies; Tijuana

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747628082     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568206066356     Document Type: Article

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