Buying into the world of goods [electronic resource] : early consumers in backcountry Virginia / Ann Smart Martin.
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TextSeries: Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of PhiladelphiaPublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008.Description: xiv, 260 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), mapsOther title: - Consumers in backcountry Virginia
- 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
- 339.4/70975509033 22
- HC107.V83 C66 2008
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.
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