Embodied History
Subtitle: The Lives of the Poor in Early Philadelphia (Early American Studies)
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: May 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780812218480
Subjects: American history; United States - General; Philadelphia; History - U.S; Social History; History: American; USA; Poor; Poverty; United States - State & Local - General; History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775); History; 18th century; 19th century; Pennsylvania; Public welfare
First sentence: During the 1780s and 1790s Joseph Marsh, Jr., compiled a series of hefty ledgers.
Description: Offering a new view into the lives and experiences of plebeian men and women, and a provocative exploration of the history of the body itself, this text approaches the bodies of the poor in early national Philadelphia as texts to be read and interpreted.