Simon P. Newman is Sir Denis Brogan Professor of American Studies, University of Glasgow, and author of Parades and the Politics of the Street: Festive Culture in the Early American Republic, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

• List of IllustrationsIntroductionChapter One: Almshouse BodiesChapter Two: Villainous BodiesChapter Three: Hospitalized BodiesChapter Four: Runaway BodiesChapter Five: Seafaring BodiesChapter Six: Dead BodiesAfterwordBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

"Newman has ably probed the limited representations of the bodies of the poor in the public records-glimpses of lives otherwise unrecorded-and has given us a useful and readable account of the ways in which the poor were regulated by the emergent disciplinary power of the modern state, even as some poorer individuals were able in limited ways to resist that power." (William and Mary Quarterly) "A well-researched, well-written, and compelling study of citizens who have, until now, been overlooked by historians. . . . Newman vividly recreates the experiences of the impoverished men and women who found themselves in the city's almshouse, prisons, or hospitals. He also uses primary sources to explore the lives of the African Americans (many of them runaways) and sailors who, more or less, made the city their home. The work concludes with an exploration of the role death played in the lives of the urban poor. . . . Provocative and intellectually satisfying." (Choice) "Nobody can give the long-dead poor a voice, but Newman has come very close indeed." (Journal of the Early Republic) "Brilliantly conceived and executed. This fascinating, truly significant book is required reading for anyone interested in the early Republic and is a natural for use in both graduate and undergraduate courses." (Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography) "Embodied History's interpretations are bold and imaginative. They ought to inspire additional investigations of the poor, their coping strategies in the lives in which they found themselves, and their own perspectives on those lives." (International Journal of Maritime History)

Simon P. Newman is Sir Denis Brogan Professor of American Studies, University of Glasgow, and author of Parades and the Politics of the Street: Festive Culture in the Early American Republic, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

• List of IllustrationsIntroductionChapter One: Almshouse BodiesChapter Two: Villainous BodiesChapter Three: Hospitalized BodiesChapter Four: Runaway BodiesChapter Five: Seafaring BodiesChapter Six: Dead BodiesAfterwordBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

"Newman has ably probed the limited representations of the bodies of the poor in the public records-glimpses of lives otherwise unrecorded-and has given us a useful and readable account of the ways in which the poor were regulated by the emergent disciplinary power of the modern state, even as some poorer individuals were able in limited ways to resist that power." (William and Mary Quarterly) "A well-researched, well-written, and compelling study of citizens who have, until now, been overlooked by historians. . . . Newman vividly recreates the experiences of the impoverished men and women who found themselves in the city's almshouse, prisons, or hospitals. He also uses primary sources to explore the lives of the African Americans (many of them runaways) and sailors who, more or less, made the city their home. The work concludes with an exploration of the role death played in the lives of the urban poor. . . . Provocative and intellectually satisfying." (Choice) "Nobody can give the long-dead poor a voice, but Newman has come very close indeed." (Journal of the Early Republic) "Brilliantly conceived and executed. This fascinating, truly significant book is required reading for anyone interested in the early Republic and is a natural for use in both graduate and undergraduate courses." (Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography) "Embodied History's interpretations are bold and imaginative. They ought to inspire additional investigations of the poor, their coping strategies in the lives in which they found themselves, and their own perspectives on those lives." (International Journal of Maritime History)

Simon P. Newman is Sir Denis Brogan Professor of American Studies, University of Glasgow, and author of Parades and the Politics of the Street: Festive Culture in the Early American Republic, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

• List of IllustrationsIntroductionChapter One: Almshouse BodiesChapter Two: Villainous BodiesChapter Three: Hospitalized BodiesChapter Four: Runaway BodiesChapter Five: Seafaring BodiesChapter Six: Dead BodiesAfterwordBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

"Newman has ably probed the limited representations of the bodies of the poor in the public records-glimpses of lives otherwise unrecorded-and has given us a useful and readable account of the ways in which the poor were regulated by the emergent disciplinary power of the modern state, even as some poorer individuals were able in limited ways to resist that power." (William and Mary Quarterly) "A well-researched, well-written, and compelling study of citizens who have, until now, been overlooked by historians. . . . Newman vividly recreates the experiences of the impoverished men and women who found themselves in the city's almshouse, prisons, or hospitals. He also uses primary sources to explore the lives of the African Americans (many of them runaways) and sailors who, more or less, made the city their home. The work concludes with an exploration of the role death played in the lives of the urban poor. . . . Provocative and intellectually satisfying." (Choice) "Nobody can give the long-dead poor a voice, but Newman has come very close indeed." (Journal of the Early Republic) "Brilliantly conceived and executed. This fascinating, truly significant book is required reading for anyone interested in the early Republic and is a natural for use in both graduate and undergraduate courses." (Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography) "Embodied History's interpretations are bold and imaginative. They ought to inspire additional investigations of the poor, their coping strategies in the lives in which they found themselves, and their own perspectives on those lives." (International Journal of Maritime History)