TY  - BOOK
AU  - Garza,James Alex
TI  - Imagined Underworld: Sex, Crime, and Vice in Porfirian Mexico City
SN  - 9780803215832
AV  - HV6815.M4 -- G37 2007eb 
U1  - 364.10972/5309034 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Lincoln
PB  - University of Nebraska Press
KW  - Crime -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History -- 19th century
KW  - Criminals -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Biography
KW  - Mexico City (Mexico) -- Social conditions
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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