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

Unsettled : the culture of mobility and the working poor in early modern England / Patricia Fumerton.

Author/creator	Fumerton, Patricia
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Description	xxv, 237 pages, 33 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subject(s)	Barlow, Edward, 1642- Journal of his life at sea. Working class writings, English--History and criticism. English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700 --History and criticism. Merchant mariners--Great Britain --Biography --History and criticism. Ballads, English--Great Britain --History and criticism. Working class--Great Britain --Intellectual life. Working class--Great Britain --Historiography. Migrant labor--Great Britain --Historiography. Working poor--Great Britain --Historiography. Migration, Internal, in literature. Seafaring life--Historiography. Working class in literature. Autobiography.

Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-223) and index.
LCCN	2005017841
ISBN	0226269558 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0226269566 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780226269566

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR120.L33 F86 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold