Murder City - Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields (Paperback, First Trade Paper ed)

Ciudad Juarez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once-thriving border town, it now resembles a failed state. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, its murder rate exceeds that of Baghdad or Mogadishu.

In "Murder City," Charles Bowden has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of its inhabitants--a raped beauty queen, a repentant hit man, a journalist fleeing for his life--with a broader meditation on the town's descent into anarchy, Bowden reveals how Juarez's culture of violence will not only worsen but inevitably spread north.

General

Imprint:	Nation Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2011
First published:	March 2011
Authors:	Charles Bowden
Dimensions:	209 x 170 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	360
Edition:	First Trade Paper ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-56858-645-8
Categories:	Books > Fiction > True stories > Crime Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Drugs trade / drug trafficking Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	1-56858-645-0
Barcode:	9781568586458

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