Velez-Ibanez, Carlos G., 1936-

An impossible living in a transborder world culture, confianza, and economy of Mexican-origin populations / [electronic resource] : Carlos G. Velez-Ibanez. - Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2010. - x, 241 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index.

The transborder and transnational dimensions of culture and political economy -- Confianza: building block of social exchange and the operational cycles of ROSCAs -- Social and cultural dimensions and dynamics of their class contexts -- Living at a slant in the midst of megascripts in the transborder Southwest North American region: dos mujeres sin fin -- Crossing divisions and social borders: ROSCAs as transborder practices and their functions -- Conclusions.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780816501083 (electronic bk.)




Rotating credit associations--Mexico.
Rotating credit associations--Southwest, New.
Mexican Americans--Economic conditions.--Southwest, New


Mexican-American Border Region--Economic conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions.


Electronic books.

HG2039.M4 / V443 2010

306.30972/1