The imagined underworld : sex, crime, and vice in porfirian Mexico City /
Recounts six infamous crimes committed in nineteenth-century Mexico City and the underworld they were used to create. Examining judicial records, newspapers, government documents, and travel accounts, the author uncovers the truth behind some of nineteenth-century Mexico's most notorious crimin...
Основен автор: | Garza, James Alex. |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
℗♭2007.
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Онлайн достъп: |
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Print version::
Imagined underworld. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction
- Charting the imagined city
- The terror of Peralvillo, "El Chalequero"
- Love, betrayal, and death in the underworld
- Organized crime and the porfirian state
- Disease, decay, and the strange case of Federico Abrego and Maria Barrera
- Politics, corruption, and the Arnulfo Arroyo affair
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.