Constructing Mexico City
Subtitle: colonial conflicts over culture, space, and authority
By: Sharon Bailey Glasco
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780230619579
Subjects: City planning; History; Civilization; Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-197) and index.
Table of contents: title: Shaping the colonial city; title: Splendor and misery in the viceregal capital : the physical, material, and political environment of Bourbon Mexico City; title: In sickness and health : disease, healing, and the urban population; title: A basic necessity : water and the urban environment; title: Restoring order out of chaos : garbage collection in theory and practice; title: Mastery over the streets : drainage, street paving, and renovation of urban space; title: Concluding thoughts.