[lbo-talk] History of Pedlars in Europe...

[Charles Turner]

A History of Pedlars in Europe:
<http://books.google.com/books?id=KrIEaboSmCYC&pg=PA189&lpg=PA189&dq=history+of+itinerant+commerce+in+china&source=web&ots=F2c6WJioR2&sig=hfAmWJQkQEWt8aCzlwcAq9avXZg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPP1,M1>

Hawkers & Walkers in Early America:
<http://books.google.com/books?id=JiQrAAAAIAAJ&q=Hawkers+%26+walkers+in+early+America&dq=Hawkers+%26+walkers+in+early+America&ei=D71PSaP-K5GeyAS_pYz0Cg&client=safari&pgis=1>

Boxwallahs in India:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxwallah>

Pedlars in China:
<http://books.google.com/books?id=rzbSxNces6EC&pg=PA244&dq=history+of+pedlars+in+china&ei=47hPSbCLGqKIyASEl9jMCQ#PPA244,M1>

Doing a subject search on CATNYP <http://catnyp.nypl.org/> for 
"peddlers" gives some interesting results.

I guess the real issue is that while most every culture has itinerant 
peddlers of some sort, the stereotype of the peddler, their relative 
(low) status and mythology within the culture, is key to answering this 
question about hucksterism.

Charles