Isais Contreras, Miguel Angel

Desocupados y perniciosos: Estudio sobre la vagancia en Jalisco en el siglo XIX

Jalisco: Universidad de Gualadajara, 2024. First Edition. Paperback. 150 pages, bibliography, wrps, 23 cm. New. Item #88977
ISBN: 9786075812151

This book examines the criminalization of vagrancy in 19th-century Jalisco. Isáis Contreras analyzes how the state used the legal system to monitor and punish those who did not fit the liberal economic ideal, including the unemployed and social "imposters." It highlights how justice was applied based on social stigma and reputation, serving as a tool to discipline the lower classes during Mexico’s modernization.

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