Murder city : Ciudad Juárez and the global economy's new killing fields
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Author
Contributors
Cardona, Julián, 1960- photographer.
Status
Adult Nonfiction - South Wing Top Floor
364.1523 B672
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364.1523 B672
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Book
Physical Desc
xiv, 328 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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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. Last year 1,607 people were killed, a number that is on pace to increase in 2009. In Murder City, Charles Bowden, one of the few journalists who has spent extended periods of time in Juarez, has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of its inhabitants, a raped beauty queen, a repentant hitman, 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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bowden, C., & Cardona, J. (2011). Murder city: Ciudad Juárez and the global economy's new killing fields . Nation Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bowden, Charles, 1945-2014 and Julián Cardona. 2011. Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields. Nation Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bowden, Charles, 1945-2014 and Julián Cardona. Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields Nation Books, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bowden, Charles, and Julián Cardona. Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields Nation Books, 2011.
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