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OverviewDiscover the hidden horrors of the American-Mexican border in Ed Vulliamy's Amexica - revised and updated to cover the Trump era Between the interiors of the USA and Mexico lies a borderland- Amexica. A terrain astride the world's busiest frontier, teeming with migrants, factory workers, narcos, tourists, heroines and heroes, ranchers and rogues. A border both porous and harsh, criss-crossed by a million people every day. A warzone, where a grotesque pastiche of the globalised economy plays out in a tragedy of unfathomable violence as drug cartels and state forces face off. Amexica is a journey through the cartels' reach into the borderland's daily life- through migrant camps, drug-smuggling 'plazas', rehab centres, sweatshop factories and the mass-murder of women. Updated with new material ten years on it paints an essential portrait of a country under siege - and testament to people who carry on regardless. 'Previously, to understand the ruthlessness, ambition and impact of today's global criminals, you needed to read Roberto Saviano's Gomorrah and Misha Glenny's McMafia. Now, you also need to read Vulliamy's Amexica' The Sunday Times Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ed VulliamyPublisher: Vintage Publishing Imprint: Vintage Edition: Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 13.30cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 20.00cm Weight: 0.401kg ISBN: 9781529113662ISBN 10: 1529113660 Pages: 512 Publication Date: 17 September 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe most vivid book so far published in English on the bloody calamity that has been visited on Mexico's northern border lands -- Hugh O'Shaughnessy * Observer * Previously, to understand the ruthlessness, ambition and impact of today's global criminals, you needed to read Roberto Saviano's Gomorrah and Misha Glenny's McMafia. Now, you also need to read Vulliamy's Amexica * Sunday Times * A harrowing read about the narcowars in Mexico, economic exploitation and the horrors of the globalised drug trade -- Fatima Bhutto * New Statesman * A work of vivid social reportage * Spectator * Amexica is fascinating, infuriating and inspiring. Essential reading -- Don Winslow, author of The Power of the Dog Author InformationEd Vulliamy is a journalist and writes for the Guardian and Observer. He has been shortlisted for an Amnesty International Media Award for his reporting on Mexico. For his work in Bosnia, Italy, the US and Iraq he has won a James Cameron Award and an Amnesty International Media Award and has been named International Reporter of the Year (twice) and runner-up at the Foreign Press Association Awards. In 1996 he became the first journalist to ever testify at an international crimes court, at the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia. A believer in the duty of journalists to testify in matters of humanitarian law, he has since lectured extensively on the subject. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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