Resumen

BELTRAN ABARCA, Francisco Javier. Unemployment and Domestic Service: Access to Work Through the Mexico City Press (1805-1832). Secuencia [online]. 2018, n.102, pp.23-69. ISSN 2395-8464.  https://doi.org/10.18234/secuencia.v0i102.1437.

This article analyzes the use domestic servants made of Mexico City newspapers to offer their labor. Using the announcements published by masters and servants during the first three decades of the 19th century as a source, the aim is to show that this mechanism, alternating with verbal recommendations, constituted a useful means of entering a labor market characterized by an oversupply of those willing to offer their services. In addition to highlighting a group of workers who were mostly illiterate, unlike the educated elites historiography usually identifies as the main consumers of printed matter, it explores certain aspects that explain how they positioned themselves in the event of unemployment. We review the way they behaved in the mediation practiced by the press, as well as their preferences regarding the choice of a trade that would enable them to secure a means of support.

Palabras llave : servants; workers; unemployment; advertisements; press.