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The Ties That Buy : Women and Commerce in Revolutionary America.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Early American StudiesPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (260 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812203943
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Ties That BuyDDC classification:
  • 381.082/0973
LOC classification:
  • HC104 -- .H37 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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