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As the issue of immigration between Mexico and the United States becomes more critical, it is increasingly important that we understand the process of development in Mexico's northern border region. This collection of essays offers an empirical analysis of development in Ciudad Juárez, with an emphasis on the social and spatial contexts in which economic relations occur. The analyses are framed by a general discussion of urbanization, migration, and industrialization, considered in light of the history of Mexico's northern frontier. Contributors recount the city's pattern of urban growth in response to the natural environment and the changing national culture and examine current patterns of land use, especially as compared to similar development in other Latin American cities. Other issues considered are the impact on household activities of the structure of women's participation in the maquiladora work force; the city's use of its human resources, especially in off-shore assembly activities; and the foreign orientation of the Juárez economy.

Urbanization --- Land use --- Women offshore assembly industry workers --- Economic conditions. --- Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) --- Social conditions.

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Land use --- Urbanization --- Women offshore assembly industry workers --- Economic conditions --- Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) --- Economic conditions. --- Social conditions.

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The lives of women workers in Barbados, who perform high tech jobs out-sourced by U.S. corporations.

Women electronic data processing personnel --- Women offshore assembly industry workers --- Women maquila workers --- Offshore assembly industry --- Electronic data processing personnel --- Women computer industry employees --- Employees

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Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Sociology of work --- Mexico --- Women offshore assembly industry workers --- Sex role in the work environment --- Working class women --- Entreprises délocalisées --- Rôle selon le sexe en milieu de travail --- Travailleuses --- Case studies --- Personnel féminin --- Cas, Etudes de --- Entreprises délocalisées --- Rôle selon le sexe en milieu de travail --- Personnel féminin --- Women offshore assembly industry workers - Mexico - Ciudad Juarez - Case studies. --- Sex role in the work environment - Mexico - Ciudad Juarez - Case studies. --- Working class women - Mexico - Ciudad Juarez - Case studies.

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Prior to the millennium, economists and policy makers argued that free trade between the United States and Mexico would benefit both Americans and Mexicans. They believed that NAFTA would be a “win-win” proposition that would offer U.S. companies new markets for their products and Mexicans the hope of living in a more developed country with the modern conveniences of wealthier nations. Blending rigorous economic and statistical analysis with concern for the people affected, Mexican Women in American Factories offers the first assessment of whether NAFTA has fulfilled these expectations by examining its socioeconomic impact on workers in a Mexican border town. Carolyn Tuttle led a group that interviewed 620 women maquila workers in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. The responses from this representative sample refute many of the hopeful predictions made by scholars before NAFTA and reveal instead that little has improved for maquila workers. The women’s stories make it plain that free trade has created more low-paying jobs in sweatshops where workers are exploited. Families of maquila workers live in one- or two-room houses with no running water, no drainage, and no heat. The multinational companies who operate the maquilas consistently break Mexican labor laws by requiring women to work more than nine hours a day, six days a week, without medical benefits, while the minimum wage they pay workers is insufficient to feed their families. These findings will make a crucial contribution to debates over free trade, CAFTA-DR, and the impact of globalization.

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