imagined underworld
Subtitle: sex, crime, and vice in porfirian Mexico City
By: James Alex Garza.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780803222151
Subjects: Crime -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History -- 19th century; Criminals -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Biography; Mexico City (Mexico) -- Social conditions
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Charting the imagined city; title: The terror of Peralvillo, "El Chalequero"; title: Love, betrayal, and death in the underworld; title: Organized crime and the porfirian state; title: Disease, decay, and the strange case of Federico Abrego and María Barrera; title: Politics, corruption, and the Arnulfo Arroyo affair; title: Conclusion; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.