Tales of two cities : race and economic culture in early republican North and South America : Guayaquil, Ecuador, and Baltimore, Maryland /

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With a common heritage as former colonies of Europe, why did the United States so outstrip Latin America in terms of economic development in the nineteenth century? In this innovative study, Camilla Townsend challenges the traditional view that North Americans succeeded because of better attitudes t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Townsend, Camilla, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2000.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
1800-1899
Social classes > Ecuador > Guayaquil > History > 19th century.
Social classes > Maryland > Baltimore > History > 19th century.
Classes sociales > Équateur > Guayaquil > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Classes sociales > Maryland > Baltimore > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Economic history
Social classes
Sociaal-economische aspecten.
Sociale klassen.
Classes sociales > Équateur > Guayaquil > 20e siècle.
Baltimore (Md.) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Guayaquil (Ecuador) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Ecuador > Guayaquil
Maryland > Baltimore
Guayaquil (Equateur) > Conditions économiques.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. In the streets of the cities
  • 2. Conquest and colony
  • 3. A merry party and serious business: the elite of Guayaquil
  • 4. Strawberry parties and habits of industry: the elite of Baltimore
  • 5. The quest of the "Personas Decentes": the middling ranks of Guayaquil
  • 6. The quest of the contributing citizens: the middling ranks of Baltimore
  • 7. Working on Dead Man's Rock: the poor of Guayaquil
  • 8. "To become the unfortunate tenants of your alms house": the poor of Baltimore.

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