Farm, Shop, Landing: The Rise of a Market Society in the Hudson Valley, 1780–1860

Martin Bruegel

Published by Duke University Press 2002

Farm, Shop, Landing

The Rise of a Market Society in the Hudson Valley, 1780–1860

Martin Bruegel

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822383390

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About this book

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

Author / Editor information

Martin Bruegel is Chargé de recherche at the Laboratoire de recherche sur la Consommation in the Département d’Economie et Sociologie at the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique at Ivry sur Seine, France.

Reviews

“This is an extremely well-researched and sophisticated contribution to American rural history. Bruegel has written a detailed local study on the development of the Hudson River Valley, which has important methodological and interpretive implications for many other regions and fields.”— Peter Coclanis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

“This is an outstanding work. In an era where so many historians are focusing on smaller and smaller subjects, it is a pleasure to read a book that directly tackles the big picture. Indeed, it is something close to a histoire totale. It not only addresses a topic of extraordinary importance but does so with theoretical sophistication and remarkable research.”—Richard Stott, George Washington University

"An outstanding environmental history. . . . A deeply researched, tightly argued, and nicely written study. The book is both an important scholarly monograph and a fine paperback addition to reading lists for advanced undergraduate and graduate-level history courses."

-- James A. Henretta American Historical Review

"Bruegel adds notably to our understanding of how and why a new way of life came about in the two generations following the American Revolution. His account deserves attention from all historians interested in understanding how, in concrete terms, social change came about and was experienced."

-- Christopher Clark Journal of Social History

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations, Tables, Figures, and Maps Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Everyday Life and the Making of Rural Development in the Hudson Valley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Exchange and the Creation of the Neighborhood in the Late Eighteenth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2 To Market, to Mill, to the Woods Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
3 Natural Resources and Economic Development Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
4 Farms Woven into the Landscape: Agricultural Developments, 1810–1850s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
5 Country Shops and Factory Creeks, 1807–1850s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
6 ‘‘Things, Not Thought’’: Wealth, Income, and Patterns of Consumption, 1800–1850s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
7 The Culture of Public Life Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Conclusion: Labor, the Manor, and the Market Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Pages
- Main content: 320
Illustrations
- Other: 7 b&w photos, 23 tables, 3 maps

eBook

Published: April 24, 2002
ISBN: 9780822383390