Silvia Marina Arrom

Containing the Poor: The Mexico City Poor House, 1774-1871

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Produktbeschreibung

"This is a major exploration of welfare policy in Mexico that has the extra virtue of crossing the colonial/national divide. The research is impeccable: deep, careful, convincing."--Eric Van Young, author of "The Other Rebellion: Popular Violence and Ideology in the Mexican Independence Struggle, 1810-1821"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• New
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: Februar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9780822325611
• ISBN-10: 0822325616
• Artikelnr.: 21902975

Autorenporträt

Silvia Marina Arrom holds the Jane’s Chair of Latin American Studies at Brandeis University. She is the author of several books, including The Women of Mexico City, 1790–1857.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations, Figures, and Tables ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. The Problem of Beggars and Vagrants 11
2. The Foundation of the Poor House 43
3. The Experiment in Practice 76
4. Reform of the Poor House 120
5. Independence and Decline 159
6. Republican Difficulties 177
7. La Reforma, Reorganization and Crisis 206
8. Recovery During the Second Empire 228
9. The Liberals Return 256
Conclusion 278
Appendixes 289
Sources of Illustrations 299
Notes 301
Glossary 361
Bibliography 365
Index 385