Race, Colonialism, and the Origins of Professional Law Enforcement in the Americas

Anthropology Lecture Series, Fall 2020 hosted a talk by History Professor Nicole von Germeten

Race, Colonialism, and the Origins of Professional Law Enforcement in the Americas: Mexico City’s “Lantern Guards”

Boston: In the late eighteenth century, Mexico City had a larger population than Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore combined. As the capital of the viceroyalty of New Spain, Mexico City offers the first example of street level policing in a large city in the Americas. Using evidence from approximately 4,000 handwritten arrest and trial records from Mexicoís national archive, Professor of History Nicole von Germeten provides insights into how racial bias functioned both in the organization of this cityís ìlantern guards,î and how these men carried out Spanish imperialism in their nightly patrols. Her book on this topic will come out with the University of Nebraska Press in 2022.

Dr. Nicole von Germeten is a history professor and the director of the School of History, Philosophy and Religion at Oregon State University

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