Containing the Poor
Subtitle: The Mexico City Poor House, 1774-1871
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: November 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780822325611
Subjects: Poverty; Social history; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Latin America - General; History: World; History - General History; Mexico City (Mexico); Mexico; Latin America - Mexico; History, Latin American; Latin American Studies; Sociology; Social policy; Almshouses; History; Hospicio de Pobres (Mexico Cit; Hospicio de Pobres (Mexico City, Mexico); Mexico City
First sentence: On the fifth of March, 1774, Viceroy Antonio Maria de Bucareli announced a radically new policy toward the beggars of Mexico City: I have resolved . . . that the opening of the Poor House shall be on the nineteenth of this month, to which end I order that all beggars of both sexes present themselves to said hospice, where they shall be treated with charity and allowed to leave . . . if their fortunes vary, be it through inheritance, donation, or a means of earning a living, taking advantage of the training they shall receive, so that they cease to be beggars. . . .