1. Globalization in Across the Wire
Imagine this, you awake to the loud roar of the local textile mill that has served as your alarm clock for your entire life. ... In his book, Urrea goes into tremendous detail about his life living in those slums and the images he saw growing up on the other side of "the wire." Across the Wire offers a compelling look at what life is like for those refugees living on the Mexican side of the border-a world that is only twenty miles from California, but a world that few have seen. ... In cities, you have people competing over the most basic essentials in life such as social hi...
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