Cultural Change and the Market Revolution in America, 1789-1860
Although the political and economic impacts of America's market revolution are well-defined, little attention has been paid to the changes it wrought in America's social and cultural fabric. In this exciting new work, Scott C. Martin brings together cutting-edge scholarship and articles from diverse sources to explore the cultural dimensions of the market revolution in America.

The essays probe how Americans' participation in widening financial networks, exposure to an ever-increasing array of consumer goods, and struggles against unfamiliar economic forces influenced family life, class formation, gender roles, ethnic and racial identification, and social interaction. The contributors also investigate how the cultural values and social practices with which Americans responded to economic change shaped the evolution of the market. By reflecting on the reciprocal relationship between cultural and economic change, Cultural Change and the Market Revolution in America, 1789–1860 deepens our understanding of American society during the turbulent early nineteenth century.
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Cultural Change and the Market Revolution in America, 1789-1860
Although the political and economic impacts of America's market revolution are well-defined, little attention has been paid to the changes it wrought in America's social and cultural fabric. In this exciting new work, Scott C. Martin brings together cutting-edge scholarship and articles from diverse sources to explore the cultural dimensions of the market revolution in America.

The essays probe how Americans' participation in widening financial networks, exposure to an ever-increasing array of consumer goods, and struggles against unfamiliar economic forces influenced family life, class formation, gender roles, ethnic and racial identification, and social interaction. The contributors also investigate how the cultural values and social practices with which Americans responded to economic change shaped the evolution of the market. By reflecting on the reciprocal relationship between cultural and economic change, Cultural Change and the Market Revolution in America, 1789–1860 deepens our understanding of American society during the turbulent early nineteenth century.
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Although the political and economic impacts of America's market revolution are well-defined, little attention has been paid to the changes it wrought in America's social and cultural fabric. In this exciting new work, Scott C. Martin brings together cutting-edge scholarship and articles from diverse sources to explore the cultural dimensions of the market revolution in America.

The essays probe how Americans' participation in widening financial networks, exposure to an ever-increasing array of consumer goods, and struggles against unfamiliar economic forces influenced family life, class formation, gender roles, ethnic and racial identification, and social interaction. The contributors also investigate how the cultural values and social practices with which Americans responded to economic change shaped the evolution of the market. By reflecting on the reciprocal relationship between cultural and economic change, Cultural Change and the Market Revolution in America, 1789–1860 deepens our understanding of American society during the turbulent early nineteenth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780742527706
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 10/30/2004
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Scott C. Martin is associate professor of history and American culture studies at Bowling Green State University. He is the author of Killing Time: Leisure and Culture in Southwestern Pennsylvania, 1800–1850.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: Toward a Cultural History of the Market Revolution Chapter 2: The Market Revolution and Market Values in Antebellum Black Protest Thought Chapter 3: A Cultural Frontier: Ethnicity and the Marketplace in Charlotte, Vermont, 1845–1860 Chapter 4: Native Americans, the Market Revolution, and Cultural Change: The Choctaw Cattle Economy, 1690–1830 Chapter 5: The "Sharper" Image: Yankee Peddlers, Southern Consumers, and the Market Revolution Chapter 6: "Well Bred Country People": Sociability, Social Networks, and the Creation of a Provincial Middle Class, 1820–1860 Chapter 7: "In the Sweat of Thy Brow": Education, Manual Labor, and the Market Revolution Chapter 8: "I Have Brought My Pig to a Fine Market": Animals, Their Exhibitors, and Market Culture in the Early Republic Chapter 9: Temperance Nostalgia, Market Anxiety, and the Reintegration of Community in T. S. Arthur's Ten Nights in a Bar-Room Chapter 10: Interpreting Metamora: Nationalism, Theater, and Jacksonian Indian Policy
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