Shaping the Discourse on Space - Charity and Its Wards in Nineteenth-Century San Juan, Puerto Rico

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

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• Authors: Teresita Martinez-Vergne, Teresita Martínez-Vergne, Teresita Martnez-Vergne
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.1999
• EAN: 9780292752214
• ISBN: 978-0-292-75221-4
• No. of pages: 253
• Series: University of Texas Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries