The imagined underworld: sex, crime, and vice in porfirian Mexico City

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 María Barrera -- Politics, corruption, and the Ar...

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Main Author: Garza, James Alex (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln London University of Nebraska Press [2007]
In:Year: 2007
Online Access: Autorenbiografie (Verlag)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 2912
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Keywords:
Crime > History > 19th century > Mexico > Mexico City
Crime > Mexico > Mexico City > History > 19th century
Criminals > Biography > Mexico > Mexico City
Criminals > Mexico > Mexico City > Biography
Mexico City (Mexico) > Social conditions
Mexiko > Stadt > Kriminalität > Geschichte 1876-1910
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Summary: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 María Barrera -- Politics, corruption, and the Arnulfo Arroyo affair -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 201-212
Physical Description:x, 220 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:9780803228047
9780803222151
0803222157