Review : Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada
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Title
Review : Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada
Description
A review of Béatrice Craig's "Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists: The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada" (University of Toronto Press, 2007). From Bittermann, provided by Project MUSE: "Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists examines the history of rural life in the Madawaska region of the Upper Saint John River Valley from early non-Indigenous settlement in the 1780s to the closing years of the third quarter of the nineteenth century. Thus, although the title suggests otherwise, it is a story that unfolds primarily within the history of British North America and the United States rather than the new Canadian nation-state. Although cast in large part as an exploration of questions raised by a literature concerning the presence or absence of capitalism in rural North America, Craig's study offers valuable insights to those who have little patience with the transition debate and who believe that wading into that quagmire simply generates more mud(dle)."
Creator
Bitterman, Rusty
Date
2010 May
Language
en
Type
Journal Article
Identifier
Coverage
1780-1875
Contribution Form
Online Submission
No
Zotero
ISSN
0008-3755
Number
2
Pages
352-355
Publication Title
The Canadian Historical Review
Volume
91