Vagrancy in English Culture and Society, 1650-1750

Vagrancy in English Culture and Society, 1650-1750

Author: David Hitchcock

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-07-14

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1472589963

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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.


The Volunteer Army: A Military History Research Collection Bibliography

The Volunteer Army: A Military History Research Collection Bibliography

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Publisher:

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 118

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Publication of the special bibliography series of the US Army Military History Research Collection has had the primary purpose of providing information regarding the holdings of the Research Collection to the scholar and historian. It must be emphasized that this bibliography is not intended to be a definitive listing of bibliographic references on the subject; it is restricted to those materials physically incorporated in the Military History Research Collection at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.


The Mexican War: A Military History Research Collection Bibliography

The Mexican War: A Military History Research Collection Bibliography

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Published: 1973

Total Pages: 126

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This bibliography differs from the previous publications in this series since it concerns a specific time in American history, the Mexican War period from 1835 to 1850. From a military standpoint, the victorious efforts of American military forces can be considered as the proving ground for the Army and the Navy that emerged during the Civil War. The annexation of Texas and the acquisition of lands from Mexico predestined both the expansion of the United States to the Pacific and the conflict which divided brother from brother. This bibliography lists pertinent materials to be found in the Military History Research Collection related to this part of American history and is not intended to be a definite listing of bibliographic references on the period.


Going to the Sources

Going to the Sources

Author: Anthony Brundage

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 174

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Brundage has revised his popular book to render an even more detailed, practical and 'user friendly' tool for students faced with the researching and writing of a research paper or historiographical essay.


Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research

Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research

Author: University of London. Institute of Historical Research

Publisher:

Published: 1928

Total Pages: 446

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Contains reports on archives and on the problems and methods of historical research; summaries of unpublished historical theses produced at the institute; addenda and corrigenda to the Dictionary of national biography, the New English dictionary, and other standard collections; the migrations of historical manuscripts; etc., etc.