TY - BOOK AU - Hartigan-O'Connor,Ellen TI - The Ties That Buy: Women and Commerce in Revolutionary America T2 - Early American Studies SN - 9780812203943 AV - HC104 -- .H37 2009eb U1 - 381.082/0973 PY - 2011/// CY - Philadelphia PB - University of Pennsylvania Press KW - Households-Economic aspects-United States-History-18th century KW - Women-Economic conditions KW - United States-Commerce-History-18th century KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Urban Housefuls -- 2. Work in the Atlantic Service Economy -- 3. Family Credit and Shared Debts -- 4. Translating Money -- 5. Shopping Networks and Consumption as Collaboration -- 6. The Republic of Goods -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgments N2 - The Ties That Buy traces the lives of black and white women in early America to reveal how they used residence, work, credit, and money to shape consumer culture precisely at a time when the politics of the marketplace gained national significance UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3441667 ER -