02556nam a2200433 a 4500 ebr10375802 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070614s2008 mduabf sb 001 0deng 2007024539 9780801887277 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801887275 (hardcover : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)609419108 n-us-va HC107.V83 C66 2008eb 339.4/70975509033 22 Martin, Ann Smart, 1960- Buying into the world of goods [electronic resource] : early consumers in backcountry Virginia / Ann Smart Martin. Consumers in backcountry Virginia 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 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) 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. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10375802 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 193168 193168