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Title
Man writes on document, Mexico City, 1982
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1983-01-26
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
Use of images from the collections of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center is strictly prohibited by law without prior written consent from the copyright holders. The responsibility for the use of these materials rests exclusively with the user.
The Bradley Center may assist in obtaining copyright/licensing permission to use images from the Richard Cross collection. http://www.csun.edu/bradley-center/contact
Description
An unidentified man with a curly mid-length beard writes on a document in front of him. The man works at a shelter that helps poor children from the streets of Mexico City. The 80's were considered the "lost decade" because of Mexico's debt crisis. This was due to the falling oil prices that left Mexico without foreign currency to pay off its $80 billion debt. This in effect, increased high levels of unemployement. In 1981, 52.5 percent of households in Mexico were considered poor.
Un hombre no identificado con una barba rizada de mediana longitud escribe en un documento delante de él. El hombre trabaja en un refugio que ayuda a niños pobres de las calles de la Ciudad de México. Los años 1980 fueron considerados como la "década perdida" debido a la crisis de la deuda de México. Esto se debió a la caída de los precios del petróleo que dejó a México sin moneda extranjera para pagar su deuda de $80 mil millones. Esto, en efecto, aumentó los altos niveles de desempleo. En 1981, 52.5 por ciento de los hogares en México eran considerados pobres.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
black-and-white negatives
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.N35.B15.06.20.20A
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/3363
Subject
Documentary photographs
Homeless children
Financial crises--Mexico
Place
Mexico City (Mexico)
Relation
99.01.RCr.N35.B15.06.20.20A.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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