Buying into the world of goods : early consumers in backcountry Virginia
Ann Smart Martin
| Year of publication: |
c 2008
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| Authors: | Martin, Ann Smart |
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Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins Univ. Press |
| Subject: | Virginia | John Hook | Handelsgeschichte | History of trade | Handelsberufe | Retail and wholesale occupations | Konsumentenverhalten | Consumer behaviour | Wirtschaftsgeschichte | Economic history | USA | United States | 1760-1810 |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Description [loc.gov] ; Description [loc.gov] |
| Extent: | XIV, [8], 260 S. Ill., Kt. 25 cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Type of publication (narrower categories): | Biografie ; Biography |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-240) and index 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. |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-8727-5 ; 978-0-8018-8727-7 |
| Classification: | USA |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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