Visions of the Emerald City : modernity, tradition, and the formation of Porfirian Oaxaca, Mexico /

Visions of the Emerald City : modernity, tradition, and the formation of Porfirian Oaxaca, Mexico /

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Author / Creator:Overmyer-Velázquez, Mark.
Imprint:Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2006.
Description:xv, 231 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Oaxaca de Juárez (Mexico) -- History -- 19th century.
Mexico -- History -- 1867-1910.
Mexico.
Mexico -- Oaxaca de Juárez.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5900605
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ISBN:0822337770 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822337908 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-220) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations and Tables
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Writing the Emerald City
  • 1. La Vallistocracia: The Formation of Oaxaca's Ruling Class
  • 2. The Legible City: Constructed, Symbolic, and Disciplined Spaces
  • 3. "A New Political Religious Order": Church, State, and Workers
  • 4. "A Necessary Evil": Regulating Public Space and Public Women
  • 5. Portraits of a Lady: Visions of Modernity
  • Conclusions: The Consequences of Modernity
  • Appendix: Articles Cited from the 1857 Constitution
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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