Informality, Recurseo, and Entrepreneurship among Peruvians in Paterson, New Jersey, 1960–2001.
This article demonstrates how Peruvians in Paterson, New Jersey, have utilized entrepreneurship and informality to establish the first and most visible enclave of Peruvians in the United States since the 1960s. Central to this story is the concept of recurseo, a slang word used to describe the infor...
| Publicado en: | Journal of American Ethnic History Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 73 - 103 |
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University of Illinois Press
Spring2023
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