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How ordinary people in Mexico survive in times of economic crisis.
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"...this book stands out as an important contribution to understanding not only the Mexican case but for understanding the household economy and how it responds to changes in the wider political economy. It is exceptional in that it draws largely from the valuable contributions made by Latin Americans to the subject. It is highly readable and concise and would be a useful text in a course on the sociology of development or a course on the family and/or household." - American Journal of Sociology "...this work is of considerable importance to several audiences. Its interdisciplinary bent will make it attractive to sociologists as well as anthropologists and some economists...it provides qualitative and quantitative data that serve to illustrate several key ideas in the study of development." - M. Patricia Fernandez Kelly, research scientist and associate professor of sociology, Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies
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Henry A. Selby is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin. Arthur D. Murphy is Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Stephen A. Lorenzen holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Texas at Austin.
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- PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0292741669
- ISBN 13 9780292741669
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages252
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