El Norte or bust : how migration fever and microcredit produced a financial crash in a Latin American town
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Stoll, David, 1952-
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JV7416 .S76 2013
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LC Subjects
Emigrant remittances -- Guatemala -- Nebraj.
Illegal immigration -- United States.
Ixil Indians -- Guatemala -- Nebraj -- Economic conditions.
Microfinance -- Guatemala -- Nebraj.
Nebaj (Guatemala) -- Economic conditions.
Nebaj (Guatemala) -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects.
Noncitizens -- United States -- Economic conditions.
Quiché Indians -- Guatemala -- Nebraj -- Economic conditions.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Economic history
Emigrant remittances
Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
Guatemala -- Nebaj
Illegal immigration
Microfinance
Noncitizens -- Economic conditions
United States
Other Subjects
Armut
Auswanderung
Ekonomiska förhållanden.
Emigranters överföringar av pengar till ursprungslandet.
Guatemala -- Nebaj.
Illegal invandring.
Immigrants clandestins -- États-Unis -- Conditions économiques.
Immigration clandestine -- États-Unis.
Ixil
Ixil (folk)
Kleinkredit
Mikrofinansiering.
Nebaj
Quiche
Quiché (folk)
Schulden
Soziale Situation

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xiii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
UPC
40021844661

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-265) and index.
Description
Debt is the hidden engine driving undocumented migration to the United States. So argues David Stoll in this powerful chronicle of migrants, moneylenders, and swindlers in the Guatemalan highlands, one of the locales that, collectively, are sending millions of Latin Americans north in search of higher wages.
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SACFinal081324

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Stoll, D. (2013). El Norte or bust: how migration fever and microcredit produced a financial crash in a Latin American town . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stoll, David, 1952-. 2013. El Norte or Bust: How Migration Fever and Microcredit Produced a Financial Crash in a Latin American Town. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stoll, David, 1952-. El Norte or Bust: How Migration Fever and Microcredit Produced a Financial Crash in a Latin American Town Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, 2013.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Stoll, D. (2013). El norte or bust: how migration fever and microcredit produced a financial crash in a latin american town. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Stoll, David. El Norte or Bust: How Migration Fever and Microcredit Produced a Financial Crash in a Latin American Town Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2013.

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