Subcontracting work via social networks: Migrant Latino Labour and the rebuilding of New Orleans

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 489-504

  Blue, Sarah A ^a   Drever, Anita I ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Latinos; Migration; New Orleans; Social networks; Subcontractors

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; LATINO PEOPLE; SOCIAL NETWORK;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051997880     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.627     Document Type: Article

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