The economic incorporation of Mexican immigrants in Southern Louisiana: A tale of two cities

New Destinations: Mexican Immigration in the United States

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 76-100

  Donato, Katharine M ^a   Stainback, Melissa ^a,b   Bankston III, Carl L ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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