Willing to work: Agency and vulnerability in an undocumented immigrant network

American Anthropologist

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 295-307

  Gomberg Muñoz, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Labor migration; Mexican workers; Service; Undocumented immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955966941     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2010.01227.x     Document Type: Article

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