Summary: "Notable contribution to literature on unique attributes of transborder families in Tijuana/San Diego region uses 38 life histories to analyze relationship between international migration, daily transborder migration, and formation of transborder families. Utilizes in-depth interviews to examine women's role in creating and maintaining cross-border social webs and their function in the social reproduction of transborder households"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas