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The Mexicans: A Personal Portrait of a People
by Oster, Patrick
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0688081932
- ISBN 13
- 9780688081935
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1989. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 334pp., Bibliographic References, Index. First edition, first printing. No previous ownership marks. A collection of stories about real life people from the by-ways and back streets America's neighbor to the south, written in a journalistic style. Small, incidental bump to dust-jacket, not torn, not chipped. An as new copy in a fine dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006908
- Title
- The Mexicans: A Personal Portrait of a People
- Author
- Oster, Patrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0688081932
- ISBN 13
- 9780688081935
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Mexico, Contemporary History
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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