The Enlightened Patrolman: Early Law Enforcement in Mexico City

by Nicole von Germeten

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When late eighteenth-century New Spanish viceregal administrators installed public lamps in the streets of central Mexico City, they illuminated the bodies of Indigenous, Afro-descended, and plebeian Spanish urbanites. The urban patrolmen, known as guarda faroleros, or "lantern guards," maintained the streetlamps and attempted to clear the streets of plebeian sexuality, embodiment, and sociability, all while enforcing late colonial racial policies...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1496233077

ISBN13:9781496233073

Release Date:November 2022

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Length:350 Pages

Weight:1.13 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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History Social Science Social Sciences

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