Title: Embodied History
First published: May 2003
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.
Subjects: Poor, united states, Public welfare, united states, Philadelphia (pa.), social conditions, Philadelphia (pa.), economic conditions, Poor, History, Social conditions, Economic conditions, Population, Public welfare