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ISBN: 9781496201386 1496201388 9781496200389 1496200381 9781496200600 1496200608 9781496201379 149620137X 1496201361 9781496201362 Year: 2017 Publisher: Lincoln
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"An exploration of the intersections of economic development and national identity formation in San Miguel de Allende during the twentieth century which analyzes both the Mexican and the foreign population within national, international, and transnational contexts"-- "Struggling to free itself from a century of economic decline and stagnation, the town of San Miguel de Allende, nestled in the hills of central Mexico, discovered that its "timeless" quality could provide a way forward. While other Mexican towns pursued policies of industrialization, San Miguel--on the economic, political, and cultural margins of revolutionary Mexico--worked to demonstrate that it preserved an authentic quality, earning designation as a "typical Mexican town" by the Guanajuato state legislature in 1939. With the town's historic status guaranteed, a coalition of local elites and transnational figures turned to an international solution--tourism--to revive San Miguel's economy and to reinforce its Mexican identity. Lisa Pinley Covert examines how this once small, quiet town became a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to one of Mexico's largest foreign-born populations. By exploring the intersections of economic development and national identity formation in San Miguel, she reveals how towns and cities in Mexico grappled with change over the course of the twentieth century. Covert similarly identifies the historical context shaping the promise and perils of a shift from an agricultural to a service-based economy. In the process, she demonstrates how San Miguel could be both typically Mexican and palpably foreign and how the histories behind each process were inextricably intertwined."--
San Miguel de Allende (Mexico) --- San Miguel de Allende --- San Miguel Allende (Mexico) --- Allende (Guanajuato, Mexico) --- San Miguel el Grande (Guanajuato, Mexico) --- History. --- E-books --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization. --- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History. --- HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico. --- International relations --- Research.
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ISBN: 0520959507 0520283724 1322871418 0520283732 9780520959507 9780520283725 9780520283732 Year: 2015 Publisher: Oakland, California
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Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as "unskilled." Despite the value of migrants' work experiences and the substantial technical and interpersonal skills developed throughout their lives, the labor-market contributions of these migrants are often overlooked and their mobility pathways poorly understood. Skills of the "Unskilled" reports the findings of a five-year study that draws on research including interviews with 320 Mexican migrants and return migrants in North Carolina and Guanajuato, Mexico. The authors uncover these migrants' lifelong human capital and identify mobility pathways associated with the acquisition and transfer of skills across the migratory circuit, including reskilling, occupational mobility, job jumping, and entrepreneurship.
Foreign workers, Mexican --- Labor market --- Emigration and immigration. --- Guanajuato (Mexico) --- United States --- Emigration and immigration --- Social aspects. --- Employees --- Market, Labor --- Supply and demand for labor --- Supply and demand --- Guanajuato, Mexico (City) --- Santa Fe de Guanajuato (Mexico) --- Markets --- E-books --- Social aspects --- Foreign workers, Mexican -- United States.. --- Labor market -- Emigration and immigration.. --- Guanajuato (Mexico) -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.. --- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects. --- Foreign workers, Mexican - United States --- Labor market - Emigration and immigration --- Guanajuato (Mexico) - Emigration and immigration - Social aspects --- United States - Emigration and immigration - Social aspects --- american labor. --- business. --- cultural studies. --- economics. --- education. --- emigration and immigration. --- entrepreneurship. --- guanajauto. --- human capital. --- industrial relations. --- interpersonal skills. --- job jumping. --- labor market. --- labor studies. --- labor. --- limited formal education. --- mexican migrants. --- mexico. --- migrants. --- migration studies. --- migration. --- migratory circuit. --- mobility. --- money. --- north carolina. --- occupational mobility. --- political. --- reskilling. --- technical skills. --- united states of america. --- unskilled workers. --- unskilled. --- working class.
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