In Latin American countries, the modern factory originally was considered a hostile and threatening environment for women and family values. Nine essays dealing

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In this engrossing and original book, Leslie Salzinger takes us with her into the gendered world of Mexico's global factories. Her careful ethnographic work, pe

Since the early 1980s Ecuador has experienced a series of events unparalleled in its history. Its “free market” strategies exacerbated the debt crisis, and