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--New York (State)--Greene County.
• Columbia County (N.Y.)--Economic conditions--18th century.
• Columbia County (N.Y.)--Economic conditions--19th century.
• Greene County (N.Y.)--Economic conditions--18th century.
• 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