Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-212) and index.
Contents
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.