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

ISBN: 9780822325277

Contributors: Arrom, Silvia Marina (Author)

Publisher: Duke University Press, 2001

Binding: Hardcover (Readerbound Available)

Retail: $114.95

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A social history of poverty in Mexico City, based on a study of a poorhouse designed to incarcerate and train "deserving" beggars to be productive and responsible citizens.

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