Vagrants and Vagabonds : Poverty and Mobility in the Early American Republic.

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The riveting story of control over the mobility of poor migrants, and how their movements shaped current perceptions of class and status in the United States Vagrants. Vagabonds. Hoboes. Identified by myriad names, the homeless and geographically mobile have been with us since the earliest periods o...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Brassill-Kulfan, Kristin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2019.
Colección:Early American Places Ser.
Temas:
University of South Alabama
1800-1899
Rogues and vagabonds > United States > History > 19th century.
Vagrancy > United States > History > 19th century.
Poor > United States > History > 19th century.
Vagabonds > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Vagabondage > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY / Social History.
Poor
Rogues and vagabonds
Social conditions
Vagrancy
Landstreicher
United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; 1 "She Is Doubtless a Very Vagrant": Poverty and Mobility on the Legal Landscape; 2 "A Wandering Life": The Physical Landscape of Indigent Transiency; 3 "The Removal of So Many Human Beings ... Like Felons": Forced Migration of the Poor; 4 "Since He Was Free": Vagabondage, Race, and Emancipation; 5 "Punishment for Their Misfortunes": Discretion, Incarceration, and Resistance; 6 "It Was amongst the Vagrant Class ... That Cholera Was Most Fatal": Mobility, Poverty, and Disease; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations
  • AppendixNotes; Index; About the Author

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