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Vagrancy in English Culture and Society, 1650-1750 (Paperback)
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Vagrancy in English Culture and Society, 1650-1750 (Paperback)
Series: Cultures of Early Modern Europe
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CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2017 The first social and
cultural history of vagrancy between 1650 and 1750, this book
combines sources from across England and the Atlantic world to
describe the shifting and desperate experiences of the very poorest
and most marginalized of people in early modernity; the outcasts,
the wandering destitute, the disabled veteran, the aged labourer,
the solitary pregnant woman on the road and those referred to as
vagabonds and beggars are all explored in this comprehensive
account of the subject. Using a rich array of archival and literary
sources, Vagrancy in English Culture and Society, 1650-1750 offers
a history not only of the experiences of vagrants themselves, but
also of how the settled 'better sort' perceived vagrancy, how it
was culturally represented in both popular and elite literature as
a shadowy underworld of dissembling rogues, gypsies, and pedlars,
and how these representations powerfully affected the lives of
vagrants themselves. Hitchcock's is an important study for all
scholars and students interested in the social and cultural history
of early modern England.
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