Traven, B. <br/><br/>
Government 
/ B. Traven 
 - New York  : Allison & Busby  , 1980, c1971 
 - 231 p.  ; 20 cm 
 - Government is the first of the six novels that comprise the series "The Jungle Novels" .
<br/><br/> Depicting the political corruption that infected even the smallest villages in Mexico, the novel tells the story of Don Gabriel, a minor government functionary who has a virtual license to steal from the Indian village where he is secretar - except that the Indians have nothing to steal. By chance he finds an opportunity in the labor agent business, shanghaiing luckless Indians into debt-slavery so that he can ship them off to work in the great mahogany plantations owned by foreign capital. The novel reaches a moving climax in a clash of cultures between the simple dignity of the illiterate Indians and the cynicism and corruption of the politicians and petty bureaucrats. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0850313570 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political corruption----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Mexico ----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>FIC TRA