Market Sentiments
Middle-Class Market Culture in Nineteenth-Century America
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- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
6 July 2010
Summary
While women supposedly worked in-and-around the household, and men focused on business, Market Sentiments argues that the market is closely intertwined for both men and women.In this brilliant study, Elizabeth White Nelson challenges a central tenet of 19th-century American history- namely, that men and women lived in separate spheres. Women, supposedly, lived lives focused around hearth and home; men focused on trade and commerce. Market Sentiments turns this theory on its head, arguing that…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781588342904 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1588342905 |
| Author: | Elizabeth White Nelson |
| Publisher: | Smithsonian Books |
| Imprint: | Smithsonian Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 6 July 2010 |
| Weight: | 428g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
“[A] wonderful book, imaginatively researched and beautifully written.”—Ann Fabian, professor of American studies and history at Rutgers University
“Market Sentiments is a pleasure and a profit to read. Nelson connects marginalized and trivialized products—like hair creations and charity fairs—with the most profound concerns of American culture. With a sharp eye for irony, a sophisticated theory of gender, and an impressive amount of research, Nelson opens up a new window on mid-nineteenth-century middle-class material and ideological practices.”—Laura Wexler, professor of American studies at Yale University and author of Tender Violence: Domestic Visions in an Age of U.S. Imperialism
About The Author
Elizabeth White Nelson
Elizabeth White Nelson lives in Las Vegas with her husband and three children and teaches American history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She was previously a Fellow at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
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