Research Catalog

Title

Making furniture in preindustrial America : the social economy of Newtown and Woodbury, Connecticut / Edward S. Cooke, Jr.

Author

Cooke, Edward S., Jr. (Edward Strong), 1954-

Publication

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.

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Details

Description

xiii, 295 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Studies in industry and society ; 10

Uniform Title

Studies in industry and society ; 10.

Alternative Title

Making furniture in pre-industrial America

Subject

• 1700-1899
• Geschichte 1760-1820
• Furniture > Connecticut > Newtown > History > 18th century
• Furniture > Connecticut > Newtown > History > 19th century
• Furniture > Connecticut > Woodbury > History > 18th century
• Furniture > Connecticut > Woodbury > History > 19th century
• Furniture industry and trade > Connecticut > History
• Economic history
• Furniture
• Furniture industry and trade
• Möbeltischlerei
• Furniture making > Connecticut > 18th century
• Furniture making > Connecticut > 19th century
• Newtown (Conn.) > Economic conditions
• Woodbury (Conn.) > Economic conditions
• Connecticut
• Connecticut > Newtown
• Connecticut > Woodbury
• Neuengland

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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)

ISBN

• 0801852536
• 9780801852534

LCCN

95052689

OCLC

• ocm33947504
• 33947504
• SCSB-2097473

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library