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Mexican immigrants in the labor market by Amado, Maria Luisa, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…engendering immigrant networks -- Sociological perspectives on networks and job seeking -- Job-seeking and network ties -- Strong ties, settlement, and job seeking amongst Latin American immigrants in the U.S -- Immigrant women's networks: the salience of gender in network formation and development -- Investigating Mexican immigrants in Atlanta: field research and data collection -- Research setting and study participants -- Data collection -- Data analyses -- Profile of the informants -- Socio-demographic characteristics -- Migration history -- Network connections upon arrival in the host society -- Weak and strong ties in the immigrant network -- Redefining strong and weak ties -- Ties of paisanaje -- "El coyote" -- Dónde hay chamba? …”
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