Class, ethnicity, gender and Latino entrepreneurship /
[Book]
María Eugenia Verdaguer.
1st ed.
New York :
Routledge,
2009.
xx, 215 pages ;
24 cm.
New approaches in sociology : studies in social inequality, social change, and social justice
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-210) and index.
Latino entrepreneurship reconsidered : an overview of the study -- Theorizing immigrant entrepreneurship -- Divergent Latino immigrant stories : Salvadorans and Peruvians in America -- The Washington area opportunity structure and Latino entrepreneurs -- Class resources, group cohesion and business strategies -- Ethnicity and business strategies -- Gender and resource mobilization strategies -- Social networks, social capital and embeddedness -- Conclusion : the social bases and consequences of Latino entrepreneurship.
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Verdaguer examines first-generation Latino entrepreneurs, revealing not only that Latinos' strategies for access to business ownership & development are cut across class, ethnic & gender lines, but also that immigrants' options & practices remain shaped by patriarchal gender relations within the family, community & economy.
Class, ethnicity, gender and Latino entrepreneurship.