Farm, shop, landing : the rise of a market society in the Hudson Valley, 1780-1860 / Martin Bruegel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bruegel, Martin, 1960-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrialization--New York (State)--Columbia County.

Industrialization.

Industrialization--New York (State)--Greene County.

Columbia County (N.Y.)--Economic conditions--18th century.

Columbia County (N.Y.).

Columbia County (N.Y.)--Economic conditions--19th century.

Greene County (N.Y.)--Economic conditions--18th century.

Greene County (N.Y.).

Greene County (N.Y.)--Economic conditions--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bruegel shows how the development of a market economy created historical change in a parochial community.

Contents:

Introduction: Everyday Life and the Making of Rural Development in the Hudson Valley

1 Exchange and the Creation of the Neighborhood in the Late Eighteenth Century

2 To Market, to Mill, to the Woods

3 Natural Resources and Economic Development

4 Farms Woven into the Landscape: Agricultural Developments, 1810-1850s

5 Country Shops and Factory Creeks, 1807-1850s

6 Things, Not Thought: Wealth, Income, and Patterns of Consumption, 1800-1850s

7 The Culture of Public Life

Conclusion: Labor, the Manor, and the Market.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-297) and index.

ISBN:

9786613063205

9781283063203

1283063204

9780822383390

082238339X

OCLC:

191222209