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The imagined underworld : sex, crime, and vice in porfirian Mexico City / James Alex Garza.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garza, James Alex.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime--Mexico--Mexico City--History--19th century.
- Crime.
- Criminals--Mexico--Mexico City--Biography.
- Criminals.
- Mexico City (Mexico)--Social conditions.
- Mexico City (Mexico).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 criminals, including the serial killer ""El Chalequero.""
- 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
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-212) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611092221
- 9781281092229
- 1281092223
- 9780803215832
- 0803215835
- OCLC:
- 476102014
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