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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McCalla, Douglas, 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2015]
©2015.
Series:McGill-Queen's rural, wildland, and resource studies series ; 3.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Consumers > Ontario > History > 19th century.
Shopping > Ontario > History > 19th century.
General stores > Ontario > History > 19th century.
Consumption (Economics) > Ontario > History > 19th century.
Magasinage > Ontario > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Magasins généraux > Ontario > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Commerce.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Marketing > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Sales & Selling > General.
HISTORY > Canada > Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
Consumers.
Consumption (Economics)
Economic history.
General stores.
Manners and customs.
Rural conditions.
Shopping.
Ontario > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Ontario > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Ontario > Rural conditions.
Ontario.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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