Shaping the Discourse on Space Charity and Its Wards in Nineteenth-Century San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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| Author:
| Martínez-Vergne, Teresita
Martínez-Vergne, Teresita |
| ISBN: | 978-0-292-75221-4 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1999 |
| Publisher: | University of Texas Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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How municipal officials and the Casa de Beneficencia shaped the discourse on public and private space and thereby marginalized the worthy poor and vagrants, "liberated" Africans, indigent and unruly women, and destitute children.
How municipal officials and the Casa de Beneficencia shaped the discourse on public and private space and thereby marginalized the worthy poor and vagrants, "liberated" Africans, indigent and unruly women, and destitute children.