LEADER 05097nam 2200805Ia 450 001 9910826784803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8122-0292-9 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812202922 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418276 035 $a(OCoLC)606955434 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748575 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse26733 035 $a(DE-B1597)449151 035 $a(OCoLC)1013938849 035 $a(OCoLC)1029827688 035 $a(OCoLC)1032692519 035 $a(OCoLC)1037980843 035 $a(OCoLC)1041994065 035 $a(OCoLC)1046611612 035 $a(OCoLC)1047011728 035 $a(OCoLC)1049692686 035 $a(OCoLC)1054867907 035 $a(OCoLC)979684524 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812202922 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442149 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748575 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682367 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442149 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418276 100 $a20030203d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEmbodied history $ethe lives of the poor in early Philadelphia /$fSimon P. Newman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 225 0 $aEarly American studies 311 0 $a1-322-51085-7 311 0 $a0-8122-1848-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [183]-198) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tIntroduction --$t1 Almshouse Bodies --$t2 Villainous Bodies --$t3 Hospitalized Bodies --$t4 Runaway Bodies --$t5 Seafaring Bodies --$t6 Dead Bodies --$tAfterword --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aOffering a new view into the lives and experiences of plebeian men and women, and a provocative exploration of the history of the body itself, Embodied History approaches the bodies of the poor in early national Philadelphia as texts to be read and interpreted. Through a close examination of accounts of the bodies that appeared in runaway advertisements and in seafaring, almshouse, prison, hospital, and burial records, Simon P. Newman uses physical details to paint an entirely different portrait of the material circumstances of the poor, examining the ways they became categorized in the emerging social hierarchy, and how they sought to resist such categorization. The Philadelphians examined in Embodied History were members of the lower sort, a social category that emerged in the early modern period from the belief in a society composed of natural orders and ranks. The population of the urban poor grew rapidly after the American Revolution, and middling and elite citizens were frightened by these poor bodies, from the tattooed professional sailor, to the African American runaway with a highly personalized hairstyle and distinctive mannerisms and gestures, to the vigorous and lively Irish prostitute who refused to be cowed by the condemnation of others, to the hardworking laboring family whose weakened and diseased children played and sang in the alleys. In a new republic premised on liberty and equality, the rapidly increasing ranks of unruly bodies threatened to overwhelm traditional notions of deference, hierarchy, and order. Affluent Philadelphians responded by employing runaway advertisements, the almshouse, the prison, and to a lesser degree the hospital to incarcerate, control, and correct poor bodies and transform them into well-dressed, hardworking, deferential members of society. Embodied History is a compelling and accessible exploration of how poverty was etched and how power and discipline were enacted upon the bodies of the poor, as well as how the poor attempted to transcend such discipline through assertions of bodily agency and liberty. 517 3 $aLives of the poor in early Philadelphia 606 $aPoor$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aPoor$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPublic welfare$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aPublic welfare$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xSocial conditions$y18th century 607 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xSocial conditions$y19th century 607 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xEconomic conditions$y18th century 607 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xEconomic conditions$y19th century 607 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xPopulation$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xPopulation$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aPoor$xHistory 615 0$aPoor$xHistory 615 0$aPublic welfare$xHistory 615 0$aPublic welfare$xHistory 676 $a305.5/69/097481109033 700 $aNewman$b Simon P$g(Simon Peter),$f1960-$01137811 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826784803321 996 $aEmbodied history$94059013 997 $aUNINA