The Informal and Underground Economy of the South Texas Border

by Michael J. Pisani and Chad Richardson

Book Overview

Much has been debated about the presence of undocumented workers along the South Texas border, but these debates often overlook the more complete dimension: the region's longstanding, undocumented economies as a whole. Borderlands commerce that evades government scrutiny can be categorized into informal economies (the unreported exchange of legal goods and services) or underground economies (criminal economic activities that, obviously, occur without...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292756836
• ISBN13: 9780292756830
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"