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Consumers in the bush shopping in rural Upper Canada /

General stores are essential to the image of a colonial village. Many historians, however, still base their stories of settlement on the notion of rural self-sufficiency, begging the question: if general stores were so common, who were their customers? To answer this, Consumers in the Bush draws on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCalla, Douglas, 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2015]
©2015.
Colección:McGill-Queen's rural, wildland, and resource studies series ; 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preamble : consumers in the bush
  • Crusoe in Upper Canada? Stories of rural consumption
  • Places, stores, and people : village stores and their customers
  • Fashion in the countryside? Textile and clothing purchases
  • A world without chocolate : purchases of groceries and medications
  • Iron in a "wooden age" : hardware and related purchases
  • Local goods : importers and the market for local products
  • Household goods, footwear, and other purchases
  • Conclusion : "essentials" and everyday life.