Limit this search to....

Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power and Revolt
Contributor(s): Gibler, John (Author)
ISBN: 0872864936     ISBN-13: 9780872864931
Publisher: City Lights Books
OUR PRICE:   $27.00  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2009
Qty:
Annotation: "Mexico Unconquered "is an evocative report on the powers of violence and corruption in Mexico and the rebel underdogs who put their lives on the line to build justice from the ground up. "Mexico Unconquered "probes the overwhelming divisions in contemporary Mexico, home to the world's richest man, Carlos Slim, and to destitute millions. John Gibler weaves narrative journalism with lyrical descriptions, combining the journalist's trade of walking the streets and the philosopher's task of drawing out the tremendous implications of the seemingly mundane.

John Gibler has reported for "In These Times," "Common Dreams," "YES! Magazine," "ColorLines," and "Democracy Now!,"

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries
- Political Science | World - Caribbean & Latin American
- History | Latin America - Mexico
Dewey: 306.209
LCCN: 2008020490
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.85 lbs) 356 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Mexican
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

Mexico Unconquered is an evocative report on the powers of violence and corruption in Mexico and the rebel underdogs who put their lives on the line to build justice from the ground up. Mexico Unconquered probes the overwhelming divisions in contemporary Mexico, home to the world's richest man, Carlos Slim, and to destitute millions. John Gibler weaves narrative journalism with lyrical descriptions, combining the journalist's trade of walking the streets and the philosopher's task of drawing out the tremendous implications of the seemingly mundane.

John Gibler has reported for In These Times, Common Dreams, YES Magazine, ColorLines and Democracy Now .


Contributor Bio(s): Gibler, John: - John Gibler lives and writes in Mexico. He is the author of Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power and Revolt, To Die in Mexico: Dispatches From Inside the Drug War, 20 poemas para ser leídos en una balacera, Tzompaxtle: La fuga de un guerrillero. His work on Ayotzinapa has been published in California Sunday Magazine, featured on NPR's All Things Considered, and praised by The New Yorker.