The American Vagrant in Literature : : Race, Work and Welfare / / Bryan Yazell.
Widespread panic once generated by ‘tramps’ produced interdisciplinary and international dialogue on race, work, and welfareComparative study of US and European sources in the area of literature, ethnography and policy makingCreates new framework for interpretating canonical authors and texts, such...
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| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Who Was the Tramp?
- Chapter 1 The Internationalism of American Vagrancy: Mark Twain and Josiah Flynt on the Tramp
- Chapter 2 Vagrant Nationalism: Jack London and W. H. Davies on the Super-Tramp
- Chapter 3 Tramps in the Machine: Interwar British Vagrancy
- Chapter 4 Steinbeck’s Migrants: Families on the Move and the Politics of Resource Management
- Epilogue: Tramping’s Afterlife
- Works Cited
- Index