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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008

1 online resource (xiv, 260 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), maps

ISBN 0801887275 (hardcover : alk. paper)

ISBN 9780801887277 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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