El Norte Or Bust!

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Book Title: Norte or Bust! : How Migration Fever and Microcredit Produced a Financial Crash in a Latin American Town

Item Length: 9.3 in

Item Height: 0.8 in

Item Width: 6.3 in

Author: David Stoll

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Topic: International / Economics, Emigration & Immigration, Regional Studies, Economic Conditions, World / Caribbean & Latin American, Anthropology / Cultural & Social

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated

Publication Year: 2012

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Business & Economics, Social Science, Political Science

Item Weight: 18.6 Oz

Number of Pages: 296 Pages