{"product_id":"shaping-the-discourse-on-space-teresita-martinez-vergne-9780292752214","title":"Shaping the Discourse on Space: Charity and Its Wards in 19th-Century San Juan, Puerto Rico","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs 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 responsibility for the poor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Teresita Martínez-Vergne explores 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. Drawing on extensive and innovative archival research, she shows that the men who comprised the San Juan ayuntamiento and the board of charity regulated the public discourse on topics such as education, religious orthodoxy, hygiene, and family life, thereby establishing norms for \"correct\" social behavior and chastising the \"deviant\" lifestyles of the working poor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis research clarifies the ways in which San Juan's middle class defined itself in the midst of rapid social and economic change. It also offers new insights into notions of citizenship and the process of nation-building in the Caribbean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Teresita Martinez-Vergne, Teresita Martnez-Vergne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292752210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292752214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.05w x 0.73d","brand":"Teresita Martinez-Vergne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46420651213055,"sku":"9780292752214","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_84ef8b21-7971-4090-a304-e36ca5ead0a2.jpg?v=1734635258","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shaping-the-discourse-on-space-teresita-martinez-vergne-9780292752214","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}