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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2007.Description: x, 220 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 364.10972/5309034 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6815.M4 G37 2007eb
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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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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-212) and index.

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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