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Author Martin, Ann Smart, 1960-

Title Buying into the world of goods [electronic resource] : early consumers in backcountry Virginia / Ann Smart Martin.

Imprint Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008.

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Description xiv, 260 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps.
Series Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia
Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-240) and index.
Contents In backcountry time -- The business of revolutions: John Hook and the Atlantic world : William Meade's Scottish clock -- Getting the goods: local acquisition in a tobacco economy : the iron plate -- Accounting for life: objects, names, and numbers : the ledger -- Living the backcountry: styles and standards : the Wade cabin in backcountry time -- Setting the stage, playing the part: stores as consumption spaces : ribbons of desire -- Suckey's looking glass: African Americans as consumers : mirrors and meanings -- Country gentleman in a new country: John Hook's beef.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Hook, John, 1745-1808.
Consumption (Economics) -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.
Consumer behavior -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Merchants -- Virginia -- Biography.
Material culture -- Virginia -- 18th century -- History.
Country life -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.
Virginia -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
Added Title Consumers in backcountry Virginia
ISBN 9780801887277 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801887275 (hardcover : alk. paper)

 
    
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