Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-195) and index.
Buenos Aires : settings in time and place -- Lineage, morality, and industry : contours of family and society -- "Accept us as free men" : ruptures in society and family -- "If you love me" : paternal reason versus youthful romance -- "The purity of my blood" : attitudes toward interracial marriage -- Crude and outdated ideas : attitudes toward women