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Containing the Poor: The Mexico City Poor House, 1774–1871 (1st Edition) by Silvia Marina Arrom Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2001 ISBN-10: 0-8223-2561-6 / 0822325616 ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-2561-1 / 9780822325611 In 1774 Mexico City leaders created the Mexico City Poor House—the centerpiece of a bold experiment intended to eliminate poverty and impose a new work ethic on former beggars by establishing a forcible internment policy for some and putting others to work. In Containing the Poor Silvia Marina Arrom |