The other side of el otro lado: Mexican migrant women and labor flexibility in Canadian agriculture

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Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-316

  Preibisch, Kerry L ^a   Grez, Evelyn Encalada ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 73949108627     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605483     Document Type: Article

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