Voices from the Global Margin: Confronting Poverty and Inventing New Lives in the Andes

by William P. Mitchell

Book Overview

Voices from the Global Margin looks behind the generalities of debates about globalization to explore the personal impact of global forces on the Peruvian poor. In this highly readable ethnography, William Mitchell draws on the narratives of people he has known for forty years, offering deep insight into how they have coped with extreme poverty and rapid population growth--and their creation of new lives and customs in the process. In their own passionate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292713002
• ISBN13: 9780292713000
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.2" x 9.0"