Martin, Ann Smart, 1960-
Buying into the world of goods early consumers in backcountry Virginia / [electronic resource] : Consumers in backcountry Virginia Ann Smart Martin. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008. - xiv, 260 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps. - 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. .
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Hook, John, 1745-1808.
Consumption (Economics)--History--Virginia--18th century.
Consumer behavior--History--United States--18th century.
Merchants--Virginia--Biography.
Material culture--History.--Virginia--18th century
Country life--History--Virginia--18th century.
Virginia--Social life and customs--18th century.
Electronic books.
HC107.V83 / C66 2008eb
339.4/70975509033
Buying into the world of goods early consumers in backcountry Virginia / [electronic resource] : Consumers in backcountry Virginia Ann Smart Martin. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008. - xiv, 260 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps. - 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. .
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Hook, John, 1745-1808.
Consumption (Economics)--History--Virginia--18th century.
Consumer behavior--History--United States--18th century.
Merchants--Virginia--Biography.
Material culture--History.--Virginia--18th century
Country life--History--Virginia--18th century.
Virginia--Social life and customs--18th century.
Electronic books.
HC107.V83 / C66 2008eb
339.4/70975509033