Collapse of dignity : the story of a mining tragedy and the fight against greed and corruption in Mexico / Napoleón Gómez
Material type: TextPublication details: Dallas, TX : BenBella Books Inc. , 2013Description: 343 p. : illus. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781939529220
- LAS 363.1196 GOM
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Latin American Studies | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. | LAS 363.1196 GOM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 067416 |
In the early morning hours of February 19, 2006, a sudden blast shook a coal mine in northern Mexico, trapping sixty-five workers in a subterranean tunnel. Labor department inspectors and the company operating the mine had ignored the egregiously hazardous state of the work site and were failing miserably at a rescue effort. The senseless tragedy-- stemming directly from an insatiable hunger for profits-- set off a massive confrontation between the National Miners' Union and the transnational corporations that wield great power in the country's government.
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