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Author De León, Jason, 1977- author.

Title The land of open graves : living and dying on the migrant trail / Jason De León ; with photographs by Michael Wells.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
©2015
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Description 1 online resource (358 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series California series in public anthropology ; 36
California series in public anthropology ; 36.
Summary "Anthropologist Jason De León sheds light on one of the most pressing political issues of our time--the human consequences of US immigration policy. The Land of Open Graves reveals the suffering and death that take place daily in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona as thousands of undocumented migrants attempt to cross from Mexico into the United States. Drawing on the four major fields of anthropology, De León uses an innovative combination of ethnography, archaeology, linguistics, and forensic science to produce a scathing critique of 'Prevention through Deterrence, ' the federal border enforcement policy that encourages migrants to cross in areas characterized by extreme environmental conditions and high risk of death. For two decades, this policy has failed to deter border crossers while successfully turning the rugged terrain of southern Arizona into a killing field"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prevention through deterrence -- Dangerous ground -- Necroviolence -- Memo and Lucho -- Deported -- Technological warfare -- The crossing -- Exposure -- You can't leave them behind -- Maricela -- We will wait until you get here.
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Subject Immigration enforcement -- Social aspects -- Arizona.
Immigration enforcement -- Social aspects.
Arizona.
Immigration enforcement.
Immigration enforcement -- Social aspects -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Border security -- Social aspects -- Arizona.
Border security -- Social aspects.
Border security.
Border security -- Social aspects -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration.
Mexico.
Emigration and immigration.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
United States.
Government policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: De León, Jason, 1977- Land of open graves 9780520282742 (DLC) 2015016328 (OCoLC)908448301
ISBN 9780520958685 (electronic book)
0520958683 (electronic book)
9780520282742 (cloth : alkaline paper)
0520282744 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780520282759 (paperback : alkaline paper)
0520282752 (paperback : alkaline paper)

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