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Consumers in the bush : shopping in rural Upper Canada
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- Creator
- Douglas McCalla
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2015]
- ©2015
- Physical Details
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- xv, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0773597107, 077354500X, 9780773597105, 0773544992, 9780773545007, 9780773544994, 9780773597099, 0773597093
- OCLC
- ocn895338456, ocn913977563
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-286) and index.
- Text in English.
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Crusoe In Upper Canada? Stories Of Rural Consumption -- 2. Places, Stores, and People: Village Stores and Their Customers -- 3. Fashion in the Countryside? Textile and Clothing Purchases -- 4. A World Without Chocolate: Purchases of Groceries and Medications -- 5. Iron In A "Wooden Age": Hardware and Related Purchases -- 6. Local Goods: Importers and the Market For Local Products -- 7. Household Goods, Footwear, and Other Purchases
Subjects
- Consumers -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century.
- Shopping -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century.
- General stores -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century.
- Consumption (Economics) -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century.
- Ontario -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
- Ontario -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
- Ontario -- Rural conditions.