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Author Garza, James Alex.

Title The imagined underworld : sex, crime, and vice in porfirian Mexico City / James Alex Garza.

Imprint Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  364.1097253 G199i 2007    ---  Available
Description x, 220 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography 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.
Subject Crime -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History -- 19th century.
Criminals -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Biography.
Mexico City (Mexico) -- Social conditions.
ISBN 0803222157 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780803222151 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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