Taking It to the Streets: Hucksters and Huckstering in Early Modern Southampton, circa 1550-1652

Historians have long recognized the prominent role women played in vending food and fuel on the streets of early modern towns, but huckstering was a profitable part-time trade that attracted men as well as women. Indeed, there were probably more male than female hucksters operating in Southampton an...

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Main Author: Pennington, David (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc. 2008
In: The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2008, Volume: 39, Issue: 3, Pages: 657-679
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