Technology, Social Change, and the Hazards of Progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910
by
Anna Rose Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
By the mid-nineteenth century, efforts to modernize and industrialize Mexico City had the unintended consequence of exponentially increasing the risk of fire while also breeding a culture of fear. Through an array of archival sources, Anna Rose Alexander argues that fire became a catalyst for social...