Screen LibraryEmbodied history : the lives of the poor in early philadelphia /
"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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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2003] ©2003 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Early american studies
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812202922 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812202922.jpg |
| 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. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | 14 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812202922 |
| Index Number: | HV4046 |
| CLC: | D956.521 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 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. |