| Corner-Store Dreams and the 2008 Financial Crisis: A True Story about Risk, Entrepreneurship, Immigration, and Latino-Anglo Friendship Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Wogan, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 3319848623 ISBN-13: 9783319848624 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $26.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies |
| Dewey: 306 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.65 lbs) 229 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book tells the incredible true story of Ranulfo Ju rez, a Mexican immigrant. After working for years in the fields of Oregon and becoming a U.S. citizen, Ranulfo started making plans to buy a small bakery in 2005. But not knowing if the economy would hold steady, Ranulfo examined his dreams every morning in search of secret clues foretelling insight and a successful bakery--or homelessness. Ranulfo also enlisted author Peter Wogan, a white anthropology professor with a penchant for self-doubt, as his confidante and sidekick in this quest. Readers won't know until the end whether Ranulfo became another innocent victim of the Financial Crisis of 2008, but, throughout, they will see Ranulfo and Peter confront naysayers and cheats, as well as their own differences and fears. Like Don Quixote, this book is comical, subversive, and inspirational. |
