Silvia Marina Arrom
JANES' PROFESSOR OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
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EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS |
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CURRENT PROJECTS
Currently studying how 19th-century philanthropic organizations provided social services for the indigent, then formed the basis of civil society.
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS
The Women of Mexico City, 1790-1857 (1985).
Riots in the Cities: Popular Politics and the Urban Poor in Latin America, 1765-1910 (with Servando Ortoll, 1996).
Containing the Poor: The Mexico City Poor House, 1774-1870 (2000).
De Donde Crecen las Palmas (with Jose J. Arrom and Judith Weiss, 2005)
COURSES OFFERED AT BRANDEIS
USEM 18b: Latinos in the United States
HIST 71a: Latin American History: Pre-Conquest to 1870
HIST 71b: Latin American History: 1870 to the Present
HIST 171b: Latino/a History
HIST 173b: Latin American Women: Heroines, Icons, and History.
HIST 174a: The Legacy of 1898: US-Caribbean Relations Since the Spanish-American War