The Enlightened Patrolman: Early Law Enforcement in Mexico City

When late eighteenth-century New Spanish viceregal administrators installed public lamps in the streets of central Mexico City,...
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Author: Nicole Von Germeten
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The Enlightened Patrolman: Early Law Enforcement in Mexico City by Germeten, Nicole Von

The Enlightened Patrolman: Early Law Enforcement in Mexico City

€235,51

The Enlightened Patrolman: Early Law Enforcement in Mexico City

€235,51
Author: Nicole Von Germeten
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

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 amid frequent violent resistance from the populace.

In The Enlightened Patrolman Nicole von Germeten guides readers through Mexico City's efforts to envision and impose 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. Germeten unfolds a tale of the losing struggle for elite control of the city streets. As surveillance increased and the populace resisted violently, a pause in the march toward modernity ensued. The Enlightened Patrolman presents an innovative study on the history of this very early law enforcement corps, providing new insight into the history of masculinity and race in Mexico, as well as the eighteenth-century origins of policing in the Americas.


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.



Author: Nicole Von Germeten
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 11/01/2022
Pages: 350
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9781496219466

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