Título
Urbanistas, ambulantes and mendigos: the dispute for urban space in Mexico City, 1890-1930
Autor
Pablo Piccato
Nivel de Acceso
Acceso Abierto
Materias
City planning--Mexico--Mexico City--History. - (LCSH) Neighborhoods--Mexico--Mexico City. - (LCSH) Squatter settlements--Mexico--Mexico City. - (LCSH) Social classes. - (LCSH) Urbanismo -- Ciudad de México. - (DGBUNAM) Clases sociales. - (DGBUNAM) HT169.M42 - (LCC) HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA - (CTI) CIENCIAS DE LAS ARTES Y LAS LETRAS - (CTI) ARQUITECTURA - (CTI) URBANISMO - (CTI)
Resumen o descripción
Our views of Porfirian Mexico City are heavily influenced by the grandeur of the buildings and avenues and the elegance of colonias built during that period. It is easy to share the nostalgia for los tiempos de don Porfirio, when Mexican society seemed as peaceful and well-organized as the walkways under the shady trees of the Paseo de la Reforma and the Alameda. This essay, however, contends that such images of civilization were only the precarious result of a negotiation between the regime's projects of urban modernization and the everyday practices of the majority of the urban population. As the Porfirian and post-revolutionary elites tried to shape the city according to their desires and economic interests, they turned to the police to punish the lower-class public behaviors which did not mold to those projects. The urban poor, on the other hand, developed a sceptical view of justice and order. They used the city in different ways, walking across the social boundaries between rich and marginal areas, challenging the authority of the police, and even subverting the "official" dictates about Street nomenclature.
Editor
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (México). Unidad Azcapotzalco.
Fecha de publicación
1997
Tipo de publicación
Artículo
Recurso de información
Formato
application/pdf
Fuente
Anuario de Espacios Urbanos, Historia, Cultura y Diseño 1997, no. 4 (enero-diciembre de 1997), ISSN 2448-8828.
Idioma
Inglés
Repositorio Orígen
Repositorio Institucional Zaloamati
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