The Mexicans
by Patrick Oster
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060973102
- ISBN 13
- 9780060973100
- Seller
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Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Still Fond and More (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 373
- Title
- The Mexicans
- Author
- Patrick Oster
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0060973102
- ISBN 13
- 9780060973100
- Publisher
- HarpPeren
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- February 1990
- Pages
- 336
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...