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ERIC Number: EJ417625
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0894-6019
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Mexican Entrepreneurs and Markets in the City of Los Angeles: A Case of an Immigrant Enclave.
Alvarez, Robert M., Jr.
Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, v19 n1-2 p99-124 Spr-Sum 1990
Explores Mexican-American immigrant entrepreneurial activity in the wholesale produce industry in Los Angeles (California). This activity exhibits the primary characteristics defined for immigrant enclaves, a specific mode of incorporation into the economic sector of the U.S. Describes hierarchical elements of Mexican entrepreneurship that identify it as an immigrant enclave. (AF)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Economic Status, Entrepreneurship, Immigrants, Labor Force, Labor Market, Mexican Americans, Mexicans, Participant Observation, Vertical Organization
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California (Los Angeles)
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