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xiv, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-240) and index.
Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia