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Illustrations Figures 2.1 Number of participants in informal and intermediate ROSCAs 68 2.2 Contributions in informal and intermediate peso-denominated ROSCAs 71 2.3 Contributions in informal and intermediate dollar-denominated ROSCAs 72 2.4 Size of fund shares in informal and intermediate pesodenominated ROSCAs 76 2.5 Size of fund shares in informal and intermediate dollardenominated ROSCAs 77 2.6 Duration of ROSCAs in months 78 2.7 Uses of ROSCA funds 84 3.1 Armando—Felipe 105 3.2 Armando—Tomás 106 3.3 Armando—Mrs. Luna 107 3.4 Armando—Graciela 108 3.5 Armando—Mrs. Cicote 108 3.6 Density of a working-class urban cundina in San Pedro, California 114 4.1 Mexican regional growth, 1970–2001 121 4.2 Location of colonias along the U.S.–Mexico border 121 5.1 Interstitial connections 170 5.2 Circulation of funds 173 Tables 1.1 Site Identification of ROSCAs in Mexico and the United States 27 1.2 Nomenclature by Area 34 2.1 Cundina Heterogeneity 53 2.2 Mutualistas of Yucatán 64 2.3 Autofin Payment Schedule 74 3.1 Cundina: Transborder Middle-Class Informal ROSCA 89 3.2 Registration Card 92 3.3 Social Diversity by Occupational Structure in Informal ROSCAs 97 3.4 Occupational Structure of Participants in ROSCAs 104 C1 Six-Person, Thirty-Week Tanda 191 x Illustrations ...

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