Buying Into The World of Goods - Early Consumers in Backcountry Virginia

Series Editor's Foreword ix Preface xi INTRODUCTION In Backcountry Time 1 ONE The Business of Revolutions: John Hook and the Atlantic World 11 William Mead's Scottish Clock TWO Getting the Goods: Local Acquisition in a Tobacco Economy 42 The Iron Plate THREE Accounting for Life: Objects, Names, and Numbers 67 The Ledger FOUR Living the Backcountry: Styles and Standards 94 The Wade Cabin in Backcountry Time FIVE Setting the Stage, Playing the Part: Stores as Shopping Spaces 145 Ribbons of Desire SIX Suckey's Looking Glass: African Americans as Consumers 173 Mirrors and Meanings EPILOGUE Country Gentleman in a New Country: John Hook's Beef 194 Notes 205 Essay on Sources 241 Index 251