The age of homespun
Subtitle: objects and stories in the creation of an American myth
By: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf; Distributed by Random House
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 501
Subjects: Textile fabrics -- Social aspects -- New England -- History -- 19th century; Textile crafts -- New England -- History -- 19th century; Weaving -- Social aspects -- New England -- History -- 19th century; Clothing and dress -- Social aspects -- New England -- History -- 19th century; Material culture -- New England -- History -- 19th century; National characteristics, American; New England -- History -- 1775-1865; New England -- Social conditions -- 19th century; New England -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-478) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The age of homespun : Litchfield, Connecticut, 1851; title: An Indian basket : Providence, Rhode Island, 1676; title: Two spinning wheels in an old log house : Dover, New Hampshire, date unknown; title: Hannah Barnard's cupboard : Hadley, Massachusetts, 1715; title: A chimneypiece : Boston, Massachusetts, 1753; title: Willie-nillie, niddy-noddy : Newburyport, Massachusetts, and New England, 1769; title: A bed rug and a silk embroidery : Colchester and Preston, Connecticut, 1775; title: Molly Ocket's pocketbook : Bethel, Maine, 1785; title: A linen tablecloth : New England in the early republic; title: A counterpane and a rose blanket : Kennebunkport, Maine, and New England, 1810; title: A woodsplint basket: Rutland, Vermont, after 1821; title: An unfinished stocking : New England, 1837.