Buying into the world of goods : early consumers in backcountry Virginia / Ann Smart Martin.
| Author/creator | Martin, Ann Smart, 1960- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. |
| Description | xiv, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Consumers in backcountry Virginia |
| 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. ^A568608 |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-240) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007024539 |
| ISBN | 9780801887277 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0801887275 (hardcover : alk. paper) |