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Women in San Juan, 1820-1868 (Paperback, 1st Markus Wiener Publishers ed)
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Women in San Juan, 1820-1868 (Paperback, 1st Markus Wiener Publishers ed)
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When the threat of political revolution lurked behind the shadows
of the Spanish colonial state in Puerto Rico, one of the earliest
casualties of anti-independence persecution in San Juan was a woman
- Maria de las Mercedes Barbudo. But as the 19th century advanced,
economic and urban changes weakened patriarchal structures and
provided spaces of autonomy for sanjuaneras. Women in San Juan
locates the historical roots of women's contributions to urban
modernization, showing how women reacted to and shaped the effort
to transform San Juan into a modern, progressive city. Elite and
professional women fought to limit the impact of economic changes
on their lives from within the city, while poor women and women of
color created survival strategies in their newly formed extramural
barrios once they had been relocated as part of the state's
modernizing agenda. Beneficence afforded elite women opportunities
to support their class-based privilege and leisure while serving as
a control mechanism to police poor women. The author moves beyond
the standard focus on rural and agricultural issues to explore
issues of Puerto Rican urban social history.
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