Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields

by Charles Bowden

Book Overview

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.

In Murder City, Charles Bowden-one of the few journalists who spent extended periods of time in Juarez-has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568586450
• ISBN13: 9781568586458
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Bold Type Books
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher