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The imagined underworld sex, crime, and vice in porfirian Mexico City
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The imagined underworld [electronic resource] : sex, crime, and vice in porfirian Mexico City / James Alex Garza.
ISBN
9780803222151 (cloth : alk. paper)
0803222157 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2007.
Physical Description
x, 220 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 11, 2011
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 María Barrera
Politics, corruption, and the Arnulfo Arroyo affair
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
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