Description
Book SynopsisDrawing on a rich data set of interviews with over 600 women maquila workers, this pathfinding book offers the first rigorous economic and sociological analysis of the impact of NAFTA and its implications for free trade around the world.
Trade ReviewThis meticulous study is an indictment not only of outsourcing and maquiladoras as sweatshops, but of the entire premise of free trade as a win-win proposition for all concerned. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through research collections. * Choice *
Table of Contents
- List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. American Factories in Mexico
- Chapter 2. The Border City of Nogales
- Chapter 3. House to House: The Method of Analysis
- Chapter 4. The History of the Maquila Industry
- Chapter 5. Are the Maquilas Sweatshops?
- Chapter 6. Liberation or Exploitation of Women Workers?
- Chapter 7. Fancy Factories and Dilapidated Dwellings
- Appendix 1. Maquilas in Nogales in 2004
- Appendix 2. Survey of Maquila Workers
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
