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The tyranny of opinion : honor in the construction of the Mexican public sphere / Pablo Piccato.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Durham, [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2010.Description: xii, 388 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780822346531 (alk. paper)
  • 9780822346456 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 972.08
LOC classification:
  • 112 F 1233 P587t 2010
Contents:
Introduction : honor and the public sphere in the Republican era -- Setting the rules of freedom : the trajectory of the press jury -- Representing public opinion : combat journalists and the business of honor -- "The word of my conscience" : eloquence and the foreign debt -- Breaking lamps and expanding the public sphere : students and populacho -- Against the deuda inglesa -- Honor and the state : reputation as a juridical good -- "A horrible web of insults" : the everyday defense of honor -- "One does not talk to the dead" : the Romero-Verâastegui affair and the apogee of dueling in Mexico.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 112 F 1233 P587t 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000101886

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-369) and index.

Introduction : honor and the public sphere in the Republican era -- Setting the rules of freedom : the trajectory of the press jury -- Representing public opinion : combat journalists and the business of honor -- "The word of my conscience" : eloquence and the foreign debt -- Breaking lamps and expanding the public sphere : students and populacho -- Against the deuda inglesa -- Honor and the state : reputation as a juridical good -- "A horrible web of insults" : the everyday defense of honor -- "One does not talk to the dead" : the Romero-Verâastegui affair and the apogee of dueling in Mexico.

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