Mark Overmyer-Velazquez

Visions of the Emerald City

Modernity, Tradition, and the Formation of Porfirian Oaxaca, Mexico

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores how elites and commoners in Oaxaca constructed and experienced the process of modernity during President Porfirio Diaz's government.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9780822337904
• ISBN-10: 0822337908
• Artikelnr.: 21734770

Autorenporträt

Mark Overmyer-Velázquez

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations and Tables ix
Preface xi
Introduction: Writing the Emerald City 1
1. La Vallistocracia: The Formation of Oaxaca’s Ruling Class 17
2. The Legible City: Constructed, Symbolic, and Disciplined Spaces 40
3. "A New Political Religious Order": Church, State, and Workers 70
4. "A Necessary Evil": Regulating Public Space and Public Women 98
5. Portraits of a Lady: Visions of Modernity 122
Conclusions: The Consequences of Modernity 153
Appendix: Articles Cited from the 1857 Constitution 161
Notes 163
Bibliography 203
Index 221