Handmade brick for Texas : a Mexican border industry, its workers, and its business
Scott Cook
| Year of publication: |
c 2011
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| Authors: | Cook, Scott |
| Publisher: |
Lanham, Md. [u.a.] : Lexington Books |
| Subject: | Texas | Baukeramische Industrie | Building ceramic industry | Baukeramik | Building ceramics | Außenhandel | Foreign trade | Ethnologie | Ethnology | Auslandsverlagerung | Offshoring | Grenzregion | Border region | Mexiko | Mexico | Ziegelindustrie | Grenzgebiet |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Description [gbv.de] |
| Extent: | XXVIII, 251 S. Ill., Kt. |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index Foundations and Dimensions of Border Brick Culture -- The Reynoso Brothers and the Brick Industry in Ejido Los Longoria -- The Gas Line and the Capitalist Development of the Reynosa Brick Industry -- Brick Fever: the Periurban Ejidos and the Field Boss System -- Class Tensions, Collective Bargaining and Business Strategies -- After the Collapse: Attrition and Survival of the Wood-Firing Ladrilleras -- Survival of the Fittest: Gas-Firing Ladrilleras and Cross-Border Truckers -- The Present and Future of Handmade Brick for Texas. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7391-4798-6 ; 978-0-7391-4797-9 |
| Classification: | Produzierendes Gewerbe |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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