Table of Contents: Buying into the world of goods :

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Martin, Ann Smart, 1960-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008.
Series:	Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia
Subjects and Genres:	Hook, John, > 1745-1808. Consumption (Economics) > Virginia > History > 18th century. Consumer behavior > United States > History > 18th century. Merchants > Virginia > Biography. Material culture > Virginia > History > 18th century. Country life > Virginia > History > 18th century. Virginia > Social life and customs > 18th century.
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Table of 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.