Order, Family, and Community in Buenos Aires, 1810-1860

by Mark D. Szuchman

This is the first study of Latin American history to consider family history in conjunction with the larger issues that conditioned the relationships between the masses and their political rulers. It achieves this objective by describing and analyzing the world of the people of Buenos Aires during the first half-century after independence. The author concentrates on three themes: social control and the criminal justice system; the nature of children...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804714614
• ISBN13: 9780804714617
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.8"