Research Catalog

Title

While the city sleeps [electronic resource] : a history of pistoleros, policemen, and the crime beat in Buenos Aires before Peron / Lila Caimari ; translated by Lisa Ubelaker Andrade and Richard Shindell.

Author

Caimari, Lila M., 1962-

Publication

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]

Details

Description

1 online resource (xi, 229 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Series Statement

Violence in Latin American history ; 2

Uniform Title

Mientras la ciudad duerme. English (Online)

Alternative Title

Mientras la ciudad duerme.

Subject

• Crime > Argentina > Buenos Aires > History > 20th century
• Crime > Argentina > Buenos Aires > Sociological aspects > History > 20th century
• Police > Argentina > Buenos Aires > History > 20th century
• Crime and the press > Argentina > Buenos Aires > History > 20th century
• Mass media and crime > Argentina > Buenos Aires > History > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Pistoleros -- Languages of crime -- Order and the city -- Detecting disorder -- The places of disorder -- While the city sleeps : police and social imagination.

LCCN

2016026153

OCLC

ssj0001734679

Author

Caimari, Lila M., 1962-

Title

While the city sleeps [electronic resource] : a history of pistoleros, policemen, and the crime beat in Buenos Aires before Peron / Lila Caimari ; translated by Lisa Ubelaker Andrade and Richard Shindell.

Imprint

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]

Series

Violence in Latin American history ; 2

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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Available onsite at NYPL