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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Peddler"”.
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Herodotus and the birth of freedom.
… theorists dismiss Herodotus as a xenophobic peddler of racial stereotypes—e.g., that the Persian monarchy was nothing but a decadent tyranny—I contend that the History reflects the reality of Persian freedom as attested to by ancient cuneiform texts and that Herodotus offers a hitherto …
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Broadside ballads and bawdy ditties : Music in the plays of Richard Brome.
… singer, the accomplished musician, the ballad peddler, and the everyday singer to paint an informative picture of how music was presented on the stage. A number of songs were written specifically for the plays, but many of them were printed elsewhere either before the plays were first staged …
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Feeling singular: masculinity and desire in the early republic, 1786–1822
… Jonathan Plummer (1761–1819), an itinerant peddler and preacher; Jeffrey Brace (1742–1827), an emancipated slave and blind Revolutionary War veteran; and William “Amos” Wilson (1762–1821), a reclusive stonecutter known as “the Pennsylvania Hermit.” In distinct but related ways, each of these …
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“Smole Trifeles“: The Itinerant in British North America
… the colonies together. This work focuses on the peddlers, the hawkers, petty chapmen, and the itinerant preachers who roamed the primitive roads and highways of early America. These wanderers knit together a nation and helped each unique colony communicate with its neighbors. The itinerant …