{"product_id":"the-enlightened-patrolman-nicole-von-germeten-9781496233073","title":"The Enlightened Patrolman: Early Law Enforcement in Mexico City","description":"When late eighteenth-century New Spanish viceregal administrators installed public lamps in the streets of central Mexico City, they illuminated the bodies of Indigenous, Afro-descended, and plebeian Spanish urbanites. The urban patrolmen, known as \u003ci\u003eguarda faroleros\u003c\/i\u003e, or \"lantern guards,\" maintained the streetlamps and attempted to clear the streets of plebeian sexuality, embodiment, and sociability, all while enforcing late colonial racial policies amid frequent violent resistance from the populace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Enlightened Patrolman\u003c\/i\u003e Nicole von Germeten guides readers through Mexico City's efforts to envision and impose modern values as viewed through the lens of early law enforcement, an accelerated process of racialization of urban populations, and burgeoning ideas of modern masculinity. Germeten unfolds a tale of the losing struggle for elite control of the city streets. As surveillance increased and the populace resisted violently, a pause in the march toward modernity ensued. \u003ci\u003eThe Enlightened Patrolman\u003c\/i\u003e presents an innovative study on the history of this very early law enforcement corps, providing new insight into the history of masculinity and race in Mexico, as well as the eighteenth-century origins of policing in the Americas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicole Von Germeten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496233077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496233073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78d","brand":"Nicole Von Germeten","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071515455743,"sku":"9781496233073","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_98c39a52-8b32-4e2f-9db3-551845637a10.jpg?v=1685436556","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-enlightened-patrolman-nicole-von-germeten-9781496233073","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}