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Soldiers and Kings

- Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
Af: Jason De Leon Engelsk Hardback

Soldiers and Kings

- Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
Af: Jason De Leon Engelsk Hardback
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Political instability, poverty, climate change, and the insatiable appetite for cheap labour all fuel clandestine movement across borders. As those borders harden, the demand for smugglers who aid migrants across them increases every year. Yet the real lives and work of smugglers - or coyotes, or guides, as they are often known by the migrants who hire their services - are only ever reported on from a distance, using tired tropes and stereotypes, often depicted as boogie men and violent warlords. In an effort to better understand this essential yet extralegal billion dollar global industry, internationally recognised anthropologist and expert Jason De Leon embedded with a group of smugglers moving migrants across Mexico over the course of seven years. The result of this unique and extraordinary access is SOLDIERS AND KINGS: the first ever in-depth, character-driven look at human smuggling. It is a heart-wrenching and intimate narrative that revolves around the life and death of one coyote who falls in love and tries to leave smuggling behind. In a powerful, original voice, De Leon expertly chronicles the lives of low-level foot soldiers breaking into the smuggling game, and morally conflicted gang leaders who oversee rag-tag crews of guides and informants along the migrant trail. SOLDIERS AND KINGS is not only a ground-breaking up-close glimpse of a difficult-to-access world, it is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction.
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Political instability, poverty, climate change, and the insatiable appetite for cheap labour all fuel clandestine movement across borders. As those borders harden, the demand for smugglers who aid migrants across them increases every year. Yet the real lives and work of smugglers - or coyotes, or guides, as they are often known by the migrants who hire their services - are only ever reported on from a distance, using tired tropes and stereotypes, often depicted as boogie men and violent warlords. In an effort to better understand this essential yet extralegal billion dollar global industry, internationally recognised anthropologist and expert Jason De Leon embedded with a group of smugglers moving migrants across Mexico over the course of seven years. The result of this unique and extraordinary access is SOLDIERS AND KINGS: the first ever in-depth, character-driven look at human smuggling. It is a heart-wrenching and intimate narrative that revolves around the life and death of one coyote who falls in love and tries to leave smuggling behind. In a powerful, original voice, De Leon expertly chronicles the lives of low-level foot soldiers breaking into the smuggling game, and morally conflicted gang leaders who oversee rag-tag crews of guides and informants along the migrant trail. SOLDIERS AND KINGS is not only a ground-breaking up-close glimpse of a difficult-to-access world, it is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 400
ISBN-13: 9780593298589
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0593298586
Udg. Dato: 19 mar 2024
Længde: 37mm
Bredde: 237mm
Højde: 161mm
Forlag: Penguin Putnam Inc
Oplagsdato: 19 mar 2024
Forfatter(e): Jason De Leon
Forfatter(e) Jason De Leon


Kategori Sociale tjenester og velfærd, kriminologi


ISBN-13 9780593298589


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 400


Udgave


Længde 37mm


Bredde 237mm


Højde 161mm


Udg. Dato 19 mar 2024


Oplagsdato 19 mar 2024


Forlag Penguin Putnam Inc

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