Embodied History : The Lives of the Poor in Early Philadelphia.

By:

Newman, Simon P

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780812202922

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Embodied HistoryDDC classification:

305.5/69

LOC classification:

HV4046.P5 -- N48 2003eb

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Contents:

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1: Almshouse Bodies -- 2: Villainous Bodies -- 3: Hospitalized Bodies -- 4: Runaway Bodies -- 5: Seafaring Bodies -- 6: Dead Bodies -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

Summary: "A useful and readable account of the ways in which the poor were regulated by the emergent disciplinary power of the modern state."--William and Mary Quarterly.

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"A useful and readable account of the ways in which the poor were regulated by the emergent disciplinary power of the modern state."--William and Mary Quarterly.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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