{"product_id":"the-land-of-open-graves-living-and-dying-on-the-migrant-trail-volume-36-9780520282759","title":"The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail Volume 36","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this gripping and provocative \"ethnography of death,\" National Book Award winner and MacArthur \"Genius\" Fellow Jason De León sheds light on one of the most pressing political issues of our time--the human consequences of US immigration and border policy. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Land of Open Graves\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the suffering and deaths that occur daily in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona as thousands of undocumented migrants attempt to cross the border from Mexico into the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, systematic violence has failed to deter border crossers while successfully turning the rugged terrain of southern Arizona into a killing field. Featuring stark photography by Michael Wells, this book examines the weaponization of natural terrain as a border wall: first-person stories from survivors underscore this fundamental threat to human rights, and the very lives, of non-citizens as they are subjected to the most insidious and intangible form of American policing as institutional violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In harrowing detail, De León chronicles the journeys of people who have made dozens of attempts to cross the border and uncovers the stories of the objects and bodies left behind in the desert. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Land of Open Graves\u003c\/i\u003e will spark debate and controversy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason de Leon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520282759\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJason De León\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Anthropology and Chicana\/o Studies and Director of the Cotsen Institute of Archeology at UCLA. He is a 2017 MacArthur Foundation Fellow and the Executive Director of the Undocumented Migration Project, which organizes the global participatory exhibition Hostile Terrain 94. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSoldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Nonfiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jason de Leon \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47282923569309,"sku":"9780520282759","price":59.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_08e05b0d-9279-4752-b107-404270f78fa4.jpg?v=1759956875","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-land-of-open-graves-living-and-dying-on-the-migrant-trail-volume-36-9780520282759","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}