Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Culture, Structure, and the South Texas– Northern Mexico Border Economy 18
7. 2 Underground Economic Activities 48
8. 3 Informal Economic Activities 79
9. 4 Informality and Undocumented Workers 110
10. 5 Informal Cross-Border Trade 139
11. 6 Border Colonias: Informality in Housing 168
12. 7 The Informal Health Care Economy (with Dejun Su) 197
13. 8 Family and Welfare Informality (with Amelia Flores) 228
14. Conclusion 253
15. Appendix A: Borderlife Survey Research Projects Utilized in This Volume 273
16. Appendix B: Names of Students Who Contributed Ethnographic Accounts 275
17. Notes 277
18. Bibliography 307
19. Index 325