Bandit nation: a history of outlaws and cultural struggle in Mexico, 1810-1920
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Main Author: Frazer, Chris (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln University of Nebraska Press c2006
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-236) and index
Introduction : memory, legend, and history -- Armed bodies of men : banditry and the Mexican state -- The nest and nursery of brigands : travelers and bandits -- Unsolved mysteries of civilization : banditry in the Mexican novel -- With her pistols in her holster : bandits and corridos -- Survival of the fittest : modernity and the Mexican atavist -- Conclusion : the spirit of popular banditry
Presents an analysis of the cultural impact that banditry had on Mexico from the time of its independence to the Mexican Revolution. This book focuses on the nature and role of foreign travel accounts, novels, and popular ballads, to analyze how and why Mexicans and Anglo-Saxon travellers used images of banditry to influence state formation
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 243 p.)
ISBN:0803252315
1280705337
9780803252318
9781280705335

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