Children and power in Mexican transnational families

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1050-1064

  Dreby, Joanna ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Family; Mexico; Parent child relations; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848925867     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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