A country storekeeper in Pennsylvania : creating economic networks in early America, 1790 -1807 / Diane E. Wenger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wenger, Diane E., 1948-

Contributor:

Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rex, Samuel, -1835.

Rex, Samuel.

General stores--Pennsylvania--Schaefferstown--History--18th century.

General stores.

Merchants--Pennsylvania--Schaefferstown--History--18th century.

Merchants.

Business networks--Pennsylvania--Schaefferstown--History--18th century.

Business networks.

History.

Schaefferstown (Pa.)--Commerce--History--18th century.

Schaefferstown (Pa.).

Schaefferstown (Pa.)--Economic conditions--18th century.

Schaefferstown (Pa.)--History--18th century.

Pennsylvania--Schaefferstown.

Physical Description:

x, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2008]

Summary:

"Examines the role that country storekeeper Samuel Rex of Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, played in the society and economy of the mid-Atlantic region from 1790 to 1807. Studies consumption patterns of one typical Pennsylvania-German community"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: a country storekeeper and his network of relationships

Beyond "wild forest people": Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania

The Rex Store and its local customers

Feeding the furnaces: the iron community and the Rex Store

"Orders thankfully received, and carefully executed": Rex and the Philadelphia merchants

A life of "comparative ease"

Epilogue: Rex's network and its significance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-253) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

9780271034126

0271034122

OCLC:

225852490