Consumers in the Bush: Shopping in Rural Upper Canada

by Douglas McCalla

Book Overview

General stores are essential to the image of a colonial village. Many historians, however, still base their stories of settlement on the notion of rural self-sufficiency, begging the question: if general stores were so common, who were their customers? To answer this, Consumers in the Bush draws on the account books of country stores, rich evidence that has rarely been used. Douglas McCalla considers more than 30,000 transactions on the accounts of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773544992
• ISBN13: 9780773544994
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.0"