Making Furniture in Preindustrial America : The Social Economy of Newtown and Woodbury, Connecticut / / Edward S. Cooke, Jr |
Autore | Cooke Edward S |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Johns Hopkins University Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 295 pages :) : illustrations) |
Collana | Studies in industry and society |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4214-3605-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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) |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910524706803321 |
Cooke Edward S | ||
Johns Hopkins University Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Newtown bee |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newtown, Conn. : , : A. A. Bensel, , 1877- |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 071.3 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Newspapers. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910502937403321 |
Newtown, Conn. : , : A. A. Bensel, , 1877- | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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