The Mexican Urban Household: Organizing for Self-Defense

by Henry A. Selby and Stephen A. Lorenzen

Book Overview

The sufferings of "ordinary" people under harsh economic conditions can eventually lead to the fall of governments. Given this fact, it becomes important to know how "ordinary" people live-what privations they suffer and what strategies they use to survive in times of economic crisis. The Mexican Urban Household provides this information for Mexico near the end of the twentieth century.

Mexico is now a predominantly urban nation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292741669
• ISBN13: 9780292741669
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"