| Imperial Contributor(s): Vollmann, William T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143118404 ISBN-13: 9780143118404 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $36.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - History | Latin America - Mexico - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 304.879 |
| Physical Information: 1.95" H x 5.93" W x 8.93" (2.33 lbs) 1200 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Mexican - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the author of Europe Central, winner of the National Book Award, a journalistic tour de force along the Mexican-American border - a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award For generations of migrant workers, Imperial Country has held the promise of paradise and the reality of hell. It sprawls across a stirring accidental sea, across the deserts, date groves and labor camps of Southeastern California, right across the border into Mexico. In this eye-opening book, William T. Vollmann takes us deep into the heart of this haunted region, exploring polluted rivers and guarded factories and talking with everyone from Mexican migrant workers to border patrolmen. Teeming with patterns, facts, stories, people and hope, this is an epic study of an emblematic region. |