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Their visions were dazzling in their way, censorious, often theatrical. Now, for the first time, this innovative social history brilliantly—and radically—shows us the city's most compelling period (1780-1870) at street level.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom beggars and thieves to musicians and missionaries, porters and hawkers to sex workers and street criers, Jensen unites a breadth of original research and first-hand accounts and testimonies to tell their stories in their own words. 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