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Shaping the Discourse on Space: Charity and Its Wards in 19th-Century San Juan, Puerto Rico
Shaping the Discourse on Space Charity and Its Wards in 19thCentury San Juan Puerto Rico
Author: Teresita Martínez-Vergne
As an inchoate middle class emerged in Puerto Rico in the early nineteenth century, its members sought to control not only public space, but also the people, activities, and even attitudes that filled it. Their instruments were the San Juan town council and the Casa de Beneficencia, a state-run charitable establishment charged with responsibilit...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780292752207
ISBN-10: 0292752202
Publication Date: 1999
Pages: 253
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Publisher: University of Texas Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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