Table of Contents

Introduction: Imagining Bandits in Mexico: Memory, Legend, and History; 1: The Armed Bodies of Men: Banditry and the Mexican State; 2: The Nest and Nursery of Brigands: Travelers and Bandits; 3: Unsolved Mysteries of Civilization: Banditry in the Mexican Novel; 4: With Her Pistols in Her Holster: Bandits and Corridos; 5: The Survival of the Fittest: Modernity and the Mexican Atavist; Conclusion: The Spirit of Popular Banditry

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A look at the bandit in history and current legend, showing how those memories remain alive in Mexican society

About the Author

Chris Frazer is an assistant professor of history at St. Francis Xavier University in Canada.