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Urban Amenities and Rural Sufficiency: Living Standards and Consumer Behavior in the Colonial Chesapeake, 1643-1777.
- Source :
- Journal of Economic History; Mar83, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p109, 9p, 1 Chart
- Publication Year :
- 1983
-
Abstract
- Explores the life style patterns and standard of living in Chesapeake, Virginia households by mid-eighteenth century. Change in the spending habits of Chesapeake settlers by 1730s; Priority of the economic elite during the period.
- Subjects :
- ECONOMIC history
LIFESTYLES
STANDARD of living
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00220507
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Economic History
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 5453835
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050700029065