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| 100 | 1 | _aTraven, B. | |
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_aGovernment _c/ B. Traven |
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_aNew York _b: Allison & Busby _c, 1980, c1971 |
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_a231 p. _c; 20 cm |
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| 490 | 1 | _aGovernment is the first of the six novels that comprise the series "The Jungle Novels" | |
| 520 | _aDepicting 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. | ||
| 546 | _aEnglish | ||
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_aPolitical corruption _v--Fiction |
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_aMexico _v--Fiction |
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