El Monstruo
Subtitle: dread and redemption in Mexico City
By: John Ross.
Publisher: Nation Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781568584249
Subjects: Globalization -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Mexico City; Globalization -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Mexico City; City and town life -- Mexico -- Mexico City; Mexico City (Mexico) -- History; Mexico City (Mexico) -- Social conditions; Mexico City (Mexico) -- Politics and government; Mexico City (Mexico) -- Economic conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Welcome to El Monstruo; title: Birth of a monstruo; title: City of flowers & smoking hearts; title: City of palaces & ghosts; title: City of betrayed hopes; title: City of order & progress; title: City of the cannibal revolution; title: City of artists & assassins; title: City & country; title: The city goes to war; city of miracles & hype; title: Uruchurtu's city; title: City of dread & redemption; title: City of denial & shame; title: City in crisis; title: City of neoliberal nightmares; title: Left city; title: Writing El Monstruo; title: Glossary.