From Workers to owners: Latino entrepreneurs in Harrisonburg, Virginia

Human Organization

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 240-248

  Zarrugh, Laura H ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurs; Immigrants; Latinos; Rural; Southeast

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; IMMIGRANT; LATINO PEOPLE; RURAL AREA;

HARRISONBURG; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 39449101443     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.66.3.6048634r4402v675     Document Type: Article

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