Domestic economies : family, work, and welfare in Mexico City, 1884-1943 / Ann S. Blum.

Author/creator Blum, Ann Shelby, 1950-
Format Book
Publication InfoLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxliii, 351 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Díaz, Porfirio, 1830-1915--Political and social views.
Díaz, Porfirio, 1830-1915--Influence.
Families--Mexico. --Mexico City. --History. --19th century.
Families--Mexico. --Mexico City. --History. --20th century.
Child welfare--Mexico. --Mexico City. --History.
Child labor--Mexico. --Mexico City. --History.
Labor--Mexico. --Mexico City. --History.
Mexico City (Mexico)--Social conditions. --20th century.
Mexico--Politics and government. --1867-1910.
Mexico--Politics and government. --1910-1946.

SeriesEngendering Latin America
Engendering Latin America (Unnumbered) ^A703327
Contents pt 1. The Porfirian family : child welfare, child labor, and child nurture, 1884-1912 -- Porfirian patterns and meanings of child circulation : child labor and child welfare in the capital city -- Labor or love : trends in Porfirian adoption practice -- Moral and medical economies of motherhood : infant feeding at the Mexico City Foundling Home -- pt. 2. Reworking the family : family relations and revolutionary reform, 1913-1943 -- The family in the revolutionary order : conceptual foundations -- The revolutionary family : children's health and collective identities -- Domestic economies : family dynamics, child labor, and child circulation -- Breaking and making families : adoption, child labor, and women's work -- Conclusion: Family, work, and welfare in modern Mexico.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 299-332) and index.
LCCN 2009023607
ISBN9780803213593 (paper : alk. paper)
ISBN080321359X (paper : alk. paper)
Other class# U5001 T216 .0008 -2009

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