Cultures of Darkness: Night Travels in the Histories of Transgression

Cultures of Darkness: Night Travels in the Histories of Transgression
ISBN-10
1583670270
ISBN-13
9781583670279
Category
History
Pages
609
Language
English
Published
2000-11
Publisher
NYU Press
Author
Bryan D. Palmer

Description

A teacher of working-class and social history, and editor of the Canadian journal Labour/Le Travail, Palmer chronicles those who defied authority, choosing to live dangerously outside the defining cultural constraints of early insurgent--and later dominant--capitalism. They include peasants, religious heretics, witches, pirates, runaway slaves, prostitutes and pornographers, frequenters of taverns and fraternal society lodge rooms, revolutionaries, blues and jazz musicians, beats, and contemporary youth gangs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

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