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Warning Out: Robert Love's Search for Strangers in Pre-revolutionary Boston

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Description:A fascinating look at warning out--colonial New England's peculiar system for identifying strangers This groundbreaking book follows the perambulations of Boston's indefatigable warner, Robert Love. From 1765 to 1774, Love sought, found, and verbally warned in His Majesty's Name, four thousand sojourners to depart the city within fourteen days. Once warned, these strangers could not claim poor relief from Boston, but all except the disorderly were allowed to stay and work. New England's warning out system has been misunderstood, the authors argue, as reflecting exclusionary Puritan impulses. Rather, it functioned as an early version of modern registration systems, allowing officials to encourage the flow of labor, keep residents under surveillance, and protect the town's coffers. A classic work in the tradition of history from the bottom up, Dayton and Salinger--using Love's meticulous notes to uncover the migration stories of hundreds of men, women, and children--discover why Acadians, demobilized soldiers, and youthful workers were on the move, and how coming to Boston impacted their lives. No one has ever used a warning out book to bring ordinary people to the center of a narrative. An amazing achievement. Absolutely fascinating. --Alfred F. Young, author of The Shoemaker and the Tea PartyWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Warning Out: Robert Love's Search for Strangers in Pre-revolutionary Boston. To get started finding Warning Out: Robert Love's Search for Strangers in Pre-revolutionary Boston, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 240

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: 2009

ISBN: 0807071501

Description: A fascinating look at warning out--colonial New England's peculiar system for identifying strangers This groundbreaking book follows the perambulations of Boston's indefatigable warner, Robert Love. From 1765 to 1774, Love sought, found, and verbally warned in His Majesty's Name, four thousand sojourners to depart the city within fourteen days. Once warned, these strangers could not claim poor relief from Boston, but all except the disorderly were allowed to stay and work. New England's warning out system has been misunderstood, the authors argue, as reflecting exclusionary Puritan impulses. Rather, it functioned as an early version of modern registration systems, allowing officials to encourage the flow of labor, keep residents under surveillance, and protect the town's coffers. A classic work in the tradition of history from the bottom up, Dayton and Salinger--using Love's meticulous notes to uncover the migration stories of hundreds of men, women, and children--discover why Acadians, demobilized soldiers, and youthful workers were on the move, and how coming to Boston impacted their lives. No one has ever used a warning out book to bring ordinary people to the center of a narrative. An amazing achievement. Absolutely fascinating. --Alfred F. Young, author of The Shoemaker and the Tea PartyWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Warning Out: Robert Love's Search for Strangers in Pre-revolutionary Boston. To get started finding Warning Out: Robert Love's Search for Strangers in Pre-revolutionary Boston, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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