Introduction -- The country. Gypsies, hawkers and handicraft tramps; Poachers -- The city. Casual paupers; Loafers -- The frontier. Paupers, vagabonds and American Indians; Beachcombers -- Afterword : London 1902. "Vagrants were everywhere in Victorian culture. They wandered th…
Vagrants were everywhere in Victorian culture. They wandered through novels and newspapers, photographs, poems and periodicals, oil paintings and illustrations. They appeared in a variety of forms in a variety of places: Gypsies and hawkers tramped the country, casual paupers an…
"Vagrants were everywhere in Victorian culture. They wandered through novels and newspapers, photographs, poems and periodicals, oil paintings and illustrations. They appeared in a variety of forms in a variety of places: Gypsies and hawkers tramped the country, casual paupers a…
"Vagrants were everywhere in Victorian culture. They wandered through novels and newspapers, photographs, poems and periodicals, oil paintings and illustrations. They appeared in a variety of forms in a variety of places: Gypsies and hawkers tramped the country, casual paupers a…
Pt. 1. On the road -- pt. 2. The rise and fall of the tramp.
Presents the lives of poor African-American men who make their subsistence wages by selling used goods on the streets of Greenwich Village in New York; and discusses how they interact with passing pedestrians, police officers, and each other.
