Mexican textile workers: from conquest to globalization

Jeffrey Bortz

doi:10.4324/9781315612683.ch13

Mexican textile workers: from conquest to globalization

Jeffrey Bortz

Appalachian State University

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Original language	American English
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DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315612683.ch13
State	Published - Mar 28 2010

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