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The MexicansPatrick Oster

The Mexicans

1989336 pages
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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…

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4 editions
  • Ebook · English · 2009
    HarperCollins · 9780061951879
  • Other · English · 2002
    Harper Perennial · 352 pages · 9780060011307
  • Other · English · 1990
    Perennial (HarperCollins) · 336 pages · 9780060973100
  • Other · English · 1989
    W. Morrow · 334 pages · 9780688081935
Politics and governmentSociologyMexican National characteristicsEconomic conditionsNonfictionSocial conditionsMoral conditionsHistory