While the city sleeps 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/creator Caimari, Lila M., 1962-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Descriptionxi, 229 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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Subjects
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.

Uniform titleMientras la ciudad duerme. English
SeriesViolence in Latin American history ; 2
Contents Pistoleros -- Languages of crime -- Order and the city -- Detecting disorder -- The places of disorder -- While the city sleeps : police and social imagination.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016026153
ISBN9780520289437 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520289444 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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