Gender, race, and nationality in the making of Mexican migrant labor in the United States

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-63

  Karjanen, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employers; Gender ideologies; Labor markets; Migration; Racialization

Indexed keywords

GENDER; IDEOLOGY; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; NATIONAL IDENTITY; RACE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37449026211     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: 1552678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X07310957     Document Type: Article

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