{"product_id":"the-many-meanings-of-poverty-9780804751780","title":"The Many Meanings of Poverty","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Many Meanings of Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e is about poverty in a colonial context—it argues that the cultural meanings of poverty defined social compacts that served to bolster and undermine the sources of colonialism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This makes Quito, I think, the ideal setting for Cynthia Milton's welcome exploration of what poverty meant in late colonial Spanish America The Many Meanings of Poverty is clearly a major contribution to the historiography of colonial Ecuador, which after years of neglect has attracted innovative work in areas such as gender, law, and demography.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Latin American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The reach and ramifications of this book are broad. It is one of several new works that assess the social impact of the Bourbon reforms, and, by opening the doors to Quito's poor house, it contributes to reinvigorated institutional histories of Latin America... To write a history of poverty in colonial Spanish America is a truly ambitious endeavor. \u003ci\u003eThe Many Meanings of Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e is a valiant attempt at this monumental task, and the only word to describe many of its findings is: rich.\" -- Bianca Premo * Florida International University, \u003ci\u003eEighteenth-Century Studies\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Cynthia E. Milton's book ... adds an additional layer of explanation to Egas's interpretation of who comprised the 'truly poor.' In a richly detailed and throughly researched scrutiny of the various faces of poverty in late colonial Quito, Milton examines how society drew distinctions between the deserving and not-so-deserving poor.\" -- March Becker * \u003ci\u003eH-Net Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e@fmct:Contents  @toc4:List of Illustrations\t000  Acknowledgments\t000  Preface\t000  @toc2:Introduction\tColonialism, Social Compacts, and the Taxonomy of Poverty\t1  @toc1:Part One\tThe City and People of Quito  @toc2:1. The City of Quito\t000  2. Living on the Edge: Survival Strategies of the Urban Poor\t000  @toc1:Part Two\tSociety of Compacts: The Social Poor  @toc2:3. Defining the \"Solemn Poor\": Wordplay and Petitions of Poverty in Colonial Quito, 16781782\t000  4. Prostrate before the Feet of the King: Widows, Widowhood, Pensions, and Colonial Compacts\t000  @toc1:Part Three\tSociety of Compacts: The Economic Poor  @toc2:5. Children on the Fringe of Empire: The Limits and Uses of Juvenile Welfare\t000  6. Putting the Colonial (Poor) House in Order: The Wretched Poor and the Bourbon State\t000  @toc1:Part Four\tWhen Societies Meet: The Blurring of Social Compacts  @toc2:7. Shifting Compacts of the Traditional Poor: Widows as Viudas and as Pobres\t000  8. The Broadening and Narrowing of the Solemn Poor: Poor Spaniards, the Wretched, and Collapsing Privileges, 17831800\t000    Conclusion\tThe Erosion of Charity, Boundaries, and Colonial Compacts\t000  @toc4:Appendix\t000  Glossary\t000  Notes\t000  Bibliography\t000  Index\t000","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405562093911,"sku":"9780804751780","price":59.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804751780.jpg?v=1730492841","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-many-meanings-of-poverty-9780804751780","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}