The Enlightened Patrolman by Nicole Von Germeten
The Enlightened Patrolman guides readers through Mexico City's efforts to envision and carry out modern values as viewed through the lens of early law enforcement, an accelerated process of racialization of urban populations, and burgeoning ideas of modern masculinity.
"Clearly written and deeply researched, The Enlightened Patrolman offers readers several things: a nuanced history of urban policing, a social history of nocturnal Mexico City in the decades before independence, and a case study of a failed Bourbon reformIt will appeal to both specialists and undergraduate students in upper-level colonial Mexican and Latin American courses."-Christopher Albi, Hispanic American Historical Review “Veritable intellectual dynamite-bursting with insights into colonial Mexico’s class and caste structures; exploding with new interpretations on criminality, law, poverty, and social order; and igniting new conversations on the linkages between surveillance, urban control, race, justice, and the Enlightenment. A masterwork of historical scholarship, The Enlightened Patrolman finely represents social history at its best.”-Ben Vinson III, author of Before Mestizaje: The Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico “A richly textured reconstruction of the lowliest agents of late colonial order. . . . Combining small stories and a broad perspective, Germeten offers the first chapter of Mexico’s long history of resistance and negotiation of police power.”-Pablo Piccato, author of A History of Infamy: Crime, Truth, and Justice in Mexico “An outstanding book that will help to reshape our understanding of early modernity in the Spanish New World as well as the social and cultural history of race and gender in one of the great urban centers of the time.”-William B. Taylor, author of Magistrates of the Sacred: Priests and Parishioners in Eighteenth-Century Mexico “A groundbreaking examination of the roles of policing in its incipient forms in late colonial Mexico City.”-Sharon Bailey Glasco, author of Constructing Mexico City: Colonial Conflicts over Culture, Space, and Authority
Nicole von Germeten is a professor of Latin American history at Oregon State University–Corvallis. She is the author of several books, including Profit and Passion: Transactional Sex in Colonial Mexico and Violent Delights, Violent Ends: Sex, Race, and Honor in Colonial Cartagena de Indias.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781496233073 |
| ISBN 10 | 1496233077 |
| Title | The Enlightened Patrolman |
| Author | Nicole Von Germeten |
| Series | Confluencias |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska Press |
| Year published | 2022-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 350 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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