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The Enlightened Patrolman: Early Law Enforcement in Mexico City

The Enlightened Patrolman: Early Law Enforcement in Mexico City tells the story of the night watchmen who walked their beats on the streets of eighteenth-century Mexico City. Their key duties were maintaining the new street lighting, and arresting men and women for public drunkenness. These plebeian patrolmen functioned as street level enforcers of late colonial racial policies, while at the same time facing frequent violent resistance from the populace.

Death in Old Mexico: The 1789 Dongo Murders and How They Shaped the History of a Nation

A MEXICAN TRUE CRIME FOR THE FIRST TIME AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH: A Fictionalized Account of the Dongo Murders

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Trained as a historian of Spain and its global empire at the University of California, Berkeley, Nicole von Germeten’s research has taken her to dozens of archives and libraries on three continents. Her first two books investigated African populations and their social and religious organizations. More recently, she has written five books about the history of crime and policing in Colombia and Mexico.

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