Buying into the world of goods : early consumers in backcountry Virginia / Ann Smart Martin.

Author/creator Martin, Ann Smart, 1960-
Format Book
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxiv, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
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Portion of title Consumers in backcountry Virginia
SeriesStudies 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 205-240) and index.
LCCN 2007024539
ISBN9780801887277 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0801887275 (hardcover : alk. paper)