Buying into the world of goods : early consumers in backcountry Virginia / / Ann Smart Martin.
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| Superior document: | Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia |
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia.
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 260 p., [8] p. of plates :; ill. (some col.), maps. |
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Table of 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.