An edition of The Mexicans (1989)

The Mexicans

A Personal Portrait of a People

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An edition of The Mexicans (1989)

The Mexicans

A Personal Portrait of a People

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The Mexicans is a multifaceted portrait of the complex, increasingly turbulent neighbor to our south. It is the story of a country in crisis -- poverty, class tensions, political corruption -- as told through stories of individuals.From Augustin, an honest cop, we learn that many in the Mexican police force use torture as their number-one-crime-solving technique; from Julio Scherer Garcia, a leading newspaper editor, we learn how kidnapping and intimidating phone calls stifle people despite his meager income; we hear from a homosexual teacher wary of bigotry in a land of machismo; and many others.Moving from Mexico City discos to remote Indian towns, Patrick Oster tells of Mexicans whose lives reveal something vital about Mexico, and in doing so, helps to understand why many decide to risk their lives in order to have the opportunity to live in the United States.

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Publisher
Harper Perennial
Language
English
Pages
352

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Cover of: The Mexicans
The Mexicans
2009, HarperCollins
Electronic resource in English
Cover of: The Mexicans
The Mexicans: A Personal Portrait of a People
March 1, 2002, Harper Perennial
in English
Cover of: The Mexicans
The Mexicans: A Personal Portrait of a People
March 1, 2002, Harper Perennial
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Mexicans
The Mexicans: A Personal Portrait of a People
March 1990, Perennial (HarperCollins)
in English
Cover of: The Mexicans
The Mexicans: a personal portrait of a people
1990, Harper & Row
in English - 1st Perennial Library ed.
Cover of: The Mexicans
The Mexicans: A Personal Portrait of a People
March 1990, Perennial (HarperCollins)
Paperback in English - 1st Perennial Library Ed edition
Cover of: The Mexicans
The Mexicans: a personal portrait of a people
1989, W. Morrow
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: The Mexicans
The Mexicans: A Personal Portrait of a People
February 1989, William Morrow & Company
Hardcover in English - 1st ed edition

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First Sentence

"In the Zapotec villages of Oaxaca, one can still hear the three-thousand-year-old tale of the Binniguendas."

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
352
Dimensions
8 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
Weight
11 ounces

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OL9229199M
ISBN 10
0060011300
ISBN 13
9780060011307
OCLC/WorldCat
48493526
Library Thing
592354
Goodreads
32852

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