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Visions of the Emerald City : modernity, tradition, and the formation of Porfirian Oaxaca, Mexico / Mark Overmyer-Velazquez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Overmyer-Velázquez, Mark.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oaxaca de Juárez (Mexico)--History--19th century.
- Oaxaca de Juárez (Mexico).
- Mexico--History--1867-1910.
- Mexico.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explores how elites and commoners in Oaxaca constructed and experienced the process of modernity during President Porfirio Diaz's government.
- Contents:
- La vallistocracia : the formation of Oaxaca's ruling class
- The legible city : constructed, symbolic, and disciplined spaces
- "A new political religious order" : church, state, and workers
- "A necessary evil" : regulating public space and public women
- Portraits of a lady : visions of modernity
- Conclusions : the consquences of modernity.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-220) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613109132
- 9781283109130
- 1283109131
- 9780822387886
- 0822387883
- OCLC:
- 650002060
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