Cultural Change and the Market Revolution in America, 1789–1860

by Martin, Scott C.; Carson, James Taylor; Kelly, Catherine E.; Mizelle, Brett; Mullins, Jeffrey A.; Rael, Patrick; Rainer, Joseph T.; Thornton, Kevin; Warder, Graham

• ISBN13: 9780742527706
• ISBN10: 0742527700
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-30
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

In this exciting new work, Scott Martin brings together cutting-edge scholarship and articles from diverse sources to explore the cultural dimensions of the market revolution in America. By reflecting on the reciprocal relationship between cultural and economic change, the work deepens our understanding of American society during the turbulent early nineteenth century.

Author Biography

James Taylor Carson is associate professor of history at Queen's University, Ontario, Canada Catherine E. Kelly is associate professor of history at the University of Oklahoma Scott C. Martin is associate professor of history and American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University Brett Mizelle is assistant professor of history and director of the American studies program at California State University Long Beach Jeffrey A. Mullins is assistant professor of history at St. Cloud State University Patrick Rael is associate professor of History at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine Joseph T. Rainer received his B.A. in history from Georgetown University, and his Ph.D. in American studies from the College of William and Mary Kevin Thornton holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and teaches at the University of Vermont Graham Warder teaches at Keene State College in New Hampshire

Table of Contents

Introduction: Toward a Cultural History of the Market Revolution	1	(12)
Scott C. Martin
The Market Revolution and Market Values in Antebellum Black Protest Thought	13	(34)
Patrick Rael
A Cultural Frontier: Ethnicity and the Marketplace in Charlotte, Vermont, 1845--1860	47	(24)
Kevin Thornton
Native Americans, the Market Revolution, and Culture Change: The Choctaw Cattle Economy, 1690--1830	71	(18)
James Taylor Carson
The ``Sharper'' Image: Yankee Peddlers, Southern Consumers, and the Market Revolution	89	(22)
Joseph T. Rainer
``Well Bred Country People'': Sociability, Social Networks, and the Creation of a Provincial Middle Class, 1820--1860	111	(32)
Catherine E. Kelly
``In the Sweat of Thy Brow'': Education, Manual Labor, and the Market Revolution	143	(38)
Jeffrey A. Mullins
``I Have Brought My Pig to a Fine Market'': Animals, Their Exhibitors, and Market Culture in the Early Republic	181	(36)
Brett Mizelle
Temperance Nostalgia, Market Anxiety, and the Reintegration of Community in T. S. Arthur's Ten Nights in a Bar-Room	217	(30)
Graham Warder
Interpreting Metamora: Nationalism, Theater, and Jacksonian Indian Policy	247	(30)
Scott C. Martin
Index	277	(20)
About the Contributors	297