Making Furniture in Preindustrial America : The Social Economy of Newtown and Woodbury, Connecticut

Making Furniture in Preindustrial America The Social Economy of Newtown and Woodbury, Connecticut

In Making Furniture in Preindustrial America Edward S. Cooke Jr. offers a fresh and appealing cross-disciplinary study of the furnituremakers, social structure, household possessions, and surviving pieces of furniture of two neighboring New England communities. Drawing on both documentary and artifa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cooke, Edward S. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Johns Hopkins University Press
Colección:Studies in industry and society ; 10.
Materias:
1700-1899
Geschichte 1760-1820.
M©obeltischlerei.
Furniture industry and trade.
Furniture.
Economic history.
Furniture industry and trade > Connecticut > History.
Furniture > Connecticut > Woodbury > History > 19th century.
Furniture > Connecticut > Woodbury > History > 18th century.
Furniture > Connecticut > Newtown > History > 19th century.
Furniture > Connecticut > Newtown > History > 18th century.
Neuengland.
Connecticut > Woodbury.
Connecticut > Newtown.
Connecticut.
Woodbury (Conn.) > Economic conditions.
Newtown (Conn.) > Economic conditions.
History of the Americas
History.
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434178906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Tables and Charts
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Need for the Artisanal Voice (starting p. 3)
  • 1 The Preindustrial Joiner in Western Connecticut, 1760-1820 (starting p. 13)
  • 2 The Social Economy of the Preindustrial Joiner (starting p. 33)
  • 3 The Joiners of Newtown and Woodbury (starting p. 49)
  • 4 Socioeconomic Structure in Newtown and Woodbury (starting p. 69)
  • 5 Consumer Behavior in Newtown and Woodbury (starting p. 91)
  • 6 Workmanship of Habit: The Furniture of Newtown (starting p. 118)
  • 7 Workmanship of Competition: The Furniture of Woodbury (starting p. 151)
  • Conclusion: The Response to Market Capitalism (starting p. 190)
  • Appendix A: Biographies of Newtown Joiners, 1760-1820 (starting p. 201)
  • Appendix B: Biographies of Woodbury Joiners, 1760-1820 (starting p. 217)
  • Notes (starting p. 233)
  • Glossary of Furniture Terms (starting p. 273)
  • Note on Sources and Methods (starting p. 277)
  • Index (starting p. 285)

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