Imagined Underworld : Sex, Crime, and Vice in Porfirian Mexico City.

By: Garza, James AlexMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780803215832Subject(s): Crime -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History -- 19th century | Criminals -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Biography | Mexico City (Mexico) -- Social conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Imagined Underworld : Sex, Crime, and Vice in Porfirian Mexico CityDDC classification: 364.10972/5309034 LOC classification: HV6815.M4 -- G37 2007ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Charting the Imagined City -- 2. The Terror of Peralvillo, "El Chalequero" -- 3. Love, Betrayal, and Death in the Underworld -- 4. Organized Crime and the Porfirian State -- 5. Disease, Decay, and the Strange Case of Federico Abrego and María Barrera -- 6. Politics, Corruption, and the Arnulfo Arroyo Affair -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.".
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Charting the Imagined City -- 2. The Terror of Peralvillo, "El Chalequero" -- 3. Love, Betrayal, and Death in the Underworld -- 4. Organized Crime and the Porfirian State -- 5. Disease, Decay, and the Strange Case of Federico Abrego and María Barrera -- 6. Politics, Corruption, and the Arnulfo Arroyo Affair -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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.".

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