Life and Labor on the Border Working People of Northeastern Sonora, Mexico, 1886-1986

• Main Author: Heyman, Josiah (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of Arizona Press 1991
• Subjects: Society & culture: general; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; History of the Americas; Migration, immigration & emigration; Humanities; Sociology; Anthropology; History; Latin American Studies; American Studies
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

For thousands of Mexican laborers, life along the U.S. border represents an opportunity both to earn wages and to gain access to consumer goods. For anthropologist Josiah Heyman, this labor force presents an opportunity to gain a better understanding of working people, "to uncover the order und...