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List of Illustrations . . . viii Acknowledgments . . . ix Introduction . . . 1 1. Charting the Imagined City . . . 12 2. The Terror of Peralvillo, “El Chalequero” . . . 38 3. Love, Betrayal, and Death in the Underworld . . . 71 4. Organized Crime and the Porfirian State . . . 97 5. Disease, Decay, and the Strange Case of Federico Abrego and María Barrera . . . 131 6. Politics, Corruption, and the Arnulfo Arroyo Affair . . . 155 Conclusion . . . 179 Notes . . . 183 Bibliography . . . 201 Index . . . 213 Contents ...

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