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

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Townsend, Camilla, 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2000.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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