El Monstruo [electronic resource] : dread and redemption in Mexico City / John Ross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ross, John, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Social aspects--Mexico--Mexico City.

Globalization.

City and town life--Mexico--Mexico City.

City and town life.

Mexico City (Mexico)--History.

Mexico City (Mexico).

Mexico City (Mexico)--Social conditions.

Mexico City (Mexico)--Politics and government.

Mexico City (Mexico)--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (513 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nation Books, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There are 23,000,000 stories in Mexico City, 22,999,997 busted dreams, and 2 or 3 tales of overweening ambition and craven success: John Ross, the great chronicler of Mexico, tells them all

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: WELCOME TO EL MONSTRUO; I. THE BIRTH OF A MONSTRUO; II. CITY OF FLOWERS & SMOKING HEARTS; III. CITY OF PALACES & GHOSTS; IV. CITY OF BETRAYED HOPES; V. CITY OF ORDER & PROGRESS; VI. CITY OF THE CANNIBAL REVOLUTION; VII. CITY OF ARTISTS & ASSASSINS; VIII. CITY & COUNTRY; IX. CITY OF MIRACLES & HYPE; X. URUCHURTU'S CITY; XI. CITY OF DREAD & REDEMPTION; XII. CITY OF DENIAL & SHAME; XIII. CITY IN CRISIS; XIV. CITY OF NEOLIBERAL NIGHTMARES; XV. LEFT CITY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; WRITING EL MONSTRUO; GLOSSARY; BOOKS & PERIODICALS CONSULTED; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-46899-5

9786612468995

1-56858-611-6

OCLC:

815250849