Book Review Lives on the line

The book Lives on the Line by Miriam Davidson tells five different stories each describe what life is like. There lives represent what has been going on and what is going on in Nogales. From a maquiladora worker, a man who was diagnosed with cancer then became an environmental activist, a child of the streets and two maquiladora managers. These stories tell about the dramatic transformation from the industrial boom of the maquiladora and the pressure of the border itself. In this essay I will try to cover how these lives have been impacted on both sides.
Miriam starts out by telling us that she believes the transformation of Nogales is because of the maquiladora boom. These maquiladoras attract large number of people without jobs to the city especially women because they have smaller fingers and do better jobs. Thousands and thousands of people flocked to all over the border. In Nogales from the mid 1980’s to mid 1990’s the population tripled. (p.10) They received thirty to f...