The imagined underworld [[electronic resource] ] : sex, crime, and vice in porfirian Mexico City / / James Alex Garza

• Autore: Garza James Alex
• Pubblicazione: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.10972/5309034
• Soggetto topico: Crime - Mexico - Mexico City - History - 19th century; Criminals - Mexico - Mexico City
• Soggetto geografico: Mexico City (Mexico) Social conditions
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-212) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.""
• Titolo autorizzato: The imagined underworld
• ISBN: 1-281-09222-3; 9786611092221; 0-8032-1583-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809548603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II