This subtle and perceptive book shakes many of our assumptions about early modern comic writing. Van Renen reads these texts as exchanges between the elite and the 'formidable and fluid counterpublic' of women and the poor, and does so convincingly."" - Matthew Steggle, professor of English at Sheffield Hallam University ""Van Renen cogently elucidates the complex means by which the working poor provide a crucial template for the conditions of modern capitalism. His fascinating argument and nuanced readings make this book vital to any study of the early modern period."" - Rajani Sudan, professor of English at Southern Methodist University and author of The Alchemy of Empire: Abject Materials and the Technologies of Colonialism ""Remarkable in its thematic and chronological breadth, The Other Exchange productively balances close formalist analysis of its texts with a thorough critical and historical contextualization. The Other Exchange offers an extremely valuable contribution to discussion of early modern London, economic thought, vagrancy, and internal colonialism, among other issues."" - Mark Netzloff, associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and author of England's Internal Colonies: Class, Capital, and the Literature of Early Modern English Colonialism.