Neighborhood Poverty and Segregation in the (Re-)Production of Disadvantage Mexican Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Trevizo, Dolores (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Lopez, Mary (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Social structure.; Social inequality.; Racism in the social sciences.; Ethnicity.; Ethnology-Latin America.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Sociology of Racism.; Ethnicity Studies.; Latin American Culture.

Focusing on shopkeepers in Latino/a neighborhoods in Los Angeles, Dolores Trevizo and Mary Lopez reveal how neighborhood poverty affects the business performance of Mexican immigrant entrepreneurs. Their survey of shopkeepers in twenty immigrant neighborhoods demonstrates that even slightly less imp...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Preface and Acknowledgements
• 1. Introduction: The Social Ecology of Disadvantage for Mexican Immigrant Entrepreneurs
• 2. Hardline Policies, Blocked Mobility and Immigrant Entrepreneurs
• 3. Re-Producing Economic Inequality Across the U.S-Mexican Border
• 4. Mexican Segregation: Good or Bad for Business?
• 5. Gendered Differences Among Mexican Immigrant Shopkeepers
• 6. From "Illegal" to Neighborhood Shopkeeper: How Legal Capital Affects Business Performance
• 7. Conclusion: Making it in Business from the Outside-In
• Appendices
• References
• Index.