Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor

The Ties That Buy

Women and Commerce in Revolutionary America

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9780812221596
• ISBN-10: 0812221591
• Artikelnr.: 33085998

Autorenporträt

Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor is Professor of History at the University of California, Davis.

Inhaltsangabe

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
Acknowledgments