Unsettled: the culture of mobility and the working poor in early modern England

Mobilizing the poor -- London's economy of unsettledness--and beyond -- Disguising the working poor: Harman's caveat -- Unsettled subjectivity: the virtual "I" -- "Not well settled in my mind" -- Poor men at sea: "Never to be worth one groat afore a beggar" --...

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Main Author: Fumerton, Patricia (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Chicago, Ill. [u.a.] University of Chicago Press 2006
In:Year: 2006
Reviews:[Rezension von: Fumerton, Patricia, Unsettled: The Culture of Mobility and the Working Poor in Early Modern England] (2008) (Higby, Sharon K.)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B English language / Working class writings / History 1500-1700
Further subjects:B Migrant labor Great Britain Historiography
B Autobiography
B Merchant mariners (Great Britain) Biography History and criticism
B Working Class Great Britain Historiography
B English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism
B Working Class (Great Britain) Intellectual life
B Working Class Great Britain Intellectual life
B Migration, Internal, in literature
B Barlow, Edward (1642-) Journal of his life at sea
B Seafaring life Historiography
B English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism
B Merchant mariners Great Britain Biography History and criticism
B Working class writings, English History and criticism
B Barlow, Edward
B Ballads, English (Great Britain) History and criticism
B Working poor Great Britain Historiography
B Migrant labor (Great Britain) Historiography
B Working Class (Great Britain) Historiography
B Working poor (Great Britain) Historiography
B Working class in literature
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Summary:Mobilizing the poor -- London's economy of unsettledness--and beyond -- Disguising the working poor: Harman's caveat -- Unsettled subjectivity: the virtual "I" -- "Not well settled in my mind" -- Poor men at sea: "Never to be worth one groat afore a beggar" -- Charting Barlow -- The ballad's seaman: a constant parting
Mobilizing the poor -- London's economy of unsettledness--and beyond -- Disguising the working poor: Harman's caveat -- Unsettled subjectivity: the virtual "I" -- "Not well settled in my mind" -- Poor men at sea: "Never to be worth one groat afore a beggar" -- Charting Barlow -- The ballad's seaman: a constant parting
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0226269558