Black Market Capital : Urban Politics and the Shadow Economy in Mexico City PDF
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Black Market Capital urban politics and the shadow economy in mexico city Andrew Konove university of california press Black Market Capital Black Market Capital urban politics and the shadow economy in mexico city Andrew Konove university of california press University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Oakland, California © 2018 by Th e Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Konove, Andrew, 1982- author. Title: Black market capital : urban politics and the shadow economy in Mexico City / Andrew Konove. Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Identifi ers: lccn 2017049906 (print) | lccn 2017054559 (ebook) | isbn 9780520966901 () | isbn 9780520293670 (cloth : alk. paper) | isbn 9780520293687 (pbk : alk. paper) Subjects: lcsh: Black market—Mexico—Mexico City—20th century. | Mexico City (Mexico)—Economic conditions—20th century. | Mexico City (Mexico)—Politics and government—20th century. | Urban economics. Classifi cation: lcc hf5482.65.m3 (ebook) | lcc hf5482.65.m3 k66 2018 (print) | ddc 330—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017049906 ClassifNumber PubDate DeweyNumber′—dc23 CatalogNumber Manufactured in the United States of America 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In memory of my father, Ron, and my brother, Jon contents List of Illustrations and Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 A Pernicious Commerce 15 • 2 Th e Baratillo and the Enlightened City 36 • 3 Shadow Economics 61 • 4 Th e Dictator, the Ayuntamiento, and the Baratillo 88 • 5 Free Trading in the Restored Republic 117 • 6 Order, Progress, and the Black Market 144 • Epilogue: Th e Baratillo and Tepito 171 Appendix 181 Notes 185 Bibliography 253 Index 275 illustrations and tables figures 1. Vista de la Plaza Mayor de México, ca. 1695 27 2. Plano de la Ymperial México con la nueva distribución de territorios parroquiales, 1769 40 3. Plaza Mayor, ca. 1760 (1) 47 4. Plaza Mayor, ca. 1760 (2) 47 5. Plano ichnographico de la Ciudad de Mexico . . ., 1794 50 6. Vista de la Plaza Mayor de México . . ., 1793 55 7. Signatures on a petition from Baratillo vendors, 1794 83 8. Plano icnográfi co de la Ciudad de México . . ., 1842 99 9. Vista de la Gran Plaza de México, 1843 113 10. Broadside criticizing the Mexico City Ayuntamiento for evicting vendors from the Plaza del Jardín, 1872 137 11. “Rumbos y Concurrentes,” 1897 152 12. “El Baratillo de México,” 1897 156 13. View of the Baratillo in Plaza Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Tepito, 1927 172 14. Shoppers in the Baratillo, 1928 173 15. Shoppers in Tepito, 2017 174 ix
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