Tuttle, Carolyn.

Mexican women in American factories free trade and exploitation on the border / [electronic resource] : by Carolyn Tuttle. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, c2012. - xvi, 235 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

American factories in Mexico -- The border city of Nogales -- House to house: the method of analysis -- The history of the maquila industry -- Are the maquilas sweatshops? -- Liberation or exploitation of women workers? -- Fancy factories and dilapidated dwellings.


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

9780292739147 (electronic bk.)




Offshore assembly industry--Mexico.
Women offshore assembly industry workers--Mexico.
Corporations, Foreign--Mexico.
Manufacturing industries--Employees.--United States
International business enterprises--Employees.--United States


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


Electronic books.

HD9734.M42 / T88 2012

331.40972/1