“Baz Wants to Beat Us Happy”: The Baz-Arrazola Family, the Social Question and Their Administration of the Tecpan de Santiago

Through primary sources found in the Health Secretariat History Archive and the Mexico City History Archive, together with the 19th Century press, this article aims to reconstruct the “intermediate” period of the history of a public welfare institution, the Tecpan de Santiago, which took care of orp...

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Autor: Muñoz Bravo, Pablo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Historia Mexicana
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.historiamexicana.colmex.mx:article/4363
Acceso en línea:https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/4363
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mexico City
public welfare
public administration
Juan José Baz
Luciana Arrazola
19th Century
ciudad de México
beneficencia pública
administración pública
siglo XIX
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Sumario:Through primary sources found in the Health Secretariat History Archive and the Mexico City History Archive, together with the 19th Century press, this article aims to reconstruct the “intermediate” period of the history of a public welfare institution, the Tecpan de Santiago, which took care of orphans and youth offenders. The period examined herein encompasses the years from 1856 to 1877, a time in which it was partially private, run by Federal District Governor Juan José Baz and his wife Luciana Arrazola. This period has been little explored by the historiography on this institution, on which its Porfirian period is better known. This article aims to emphasize the objectives and gifts of the administration of welfare institutions in the 19th Century and how they sometimes turned to illegal methods.