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

Containing the poor : the Mexico City Poor House, 1774-1871 / Silvia Marina Arrom.

In 1774 Mexico City leaders created the Mexico City Poor House--the centerpiece of a bold experiment intended to eliminate poverty and impose a new work ethic on former beggars by establishing a forcible internment policy for some and putting others to work. In Containing the Poor Silvia Marina Arro...

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Main Author: Arrom, Silvia Marina, 1949- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Hospicio de Pobres (Mexico City, Mexico) > History.
Hospicio de Pobres (Mexico City, Mexico)
Hospicio de Pobres (Mexico) > Histoire.
Almshouses > Mexico > Mexico City > History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Almshouses
Economic history
Social policy
Hospices > Mexique > Mexico (Mexique)
Pauvres > Protection, assistance, etc. > Mexique > 1500-1800.
Pauvres > Protection, assistance, etc. > Mexique > 19e siècle.
Asiles d'indigents > Mexique > Mexico > 19e siècle.
Mexico City (Mexico) > Social policy.
Mexico City (Mexico) > Economic conditions.
Mexico > Mexico City
Mexico (Mexique) > Politique sociale.
Mexico (Mexique) > Conditions économiques.
History
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