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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...

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Основен автор: Garza, James Alex.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ℗♭2007.
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=202008
Подобни документи: 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 Maria Barrera
  • Politics, corruption, and the Arnulfo Arroyo affair
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.