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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
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