Visions of the Emerald City : Modernity, Tradition, and the Formation of Porfirian Oaxaca, Mexico /
This is an absorbing historical analysis of how Mexicans living in Oaxaca City experienced 'modernity' during the lengthy 'order and progress' dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz (1876-1911).
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham [N.C.] :
Duke University Press,
2006.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- La vallistocracia : the formation of Oaxaca's ruling class
- The legible city : constructed, symbolic, and disciplined spaces
- "A new political religious order" : church, state, and workers
- "A necessary evil" : regulating public space and public women
- Portraits of a lady : visions of modernity
- Conclusions : the consquences of modernity.