Embodied History
by Simon P. Newman · May 2003
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.
Poor, united statesPublic welfare, united statesPhiladelphia (pa.), social conditionsPhiladelphia (pa.), economic conditionsPoorHistorySocial conditionsEconomic conditionsPopulationPublic welfare