| Description |
1 online resource (x, 220 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| 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." |
| Subject |
Crime -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History -- 19th century.
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Criminals -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Biography.
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Mexico City (Mexico) -- Social conditions.
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Crime.
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Criminals.
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History.
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TRUE CRIME -- General.
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Crime. (OCoLC)fst00882984
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Criminals. (OCoLC)fst00883516
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Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
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Mexico -- Mexico City.
(OCoLC)fst01206137
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Garza, James Alex. Imagined underworld. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007 9780803222151 0803222157 (DLC) 2007020017 (OCoLC)131066222 |
| Standard No. |
9786611092221 |
| ISBN |
9780803215832 (electronic bk.) |
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0803215835 (electronic bk.) |
| Sudoc No. |
U5002 T225 -2007 nbdocs |
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