Emulation and Empowerment: Material, Social, and Economic Dynamics in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Virginia Export

@article{citeulike:5051292, abstract = {The influence of emulative behavior on the material and socioeconomic transformations of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Anglo-American world is widely debated. A study of historical archaeological sites and probate inventories in Virginia implicates emulation as one ethic operative in rural communities but also identifies a second dynamic: a tendency for many planters of divergent means to act in step with one another, responding in similar ways to new circumstances. Here termed a ” cultural accord,” this affinity enabled some individuals who occupied middling social positions to use emulation advantageously in ways that less privileged members of the population could not.}, author = {Bell, Alison}, citeulike-article-id = {5051292}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1021310431135}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/x415055165h60k66}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1023/A:1021310431135}, journal = {International Journal of Historical Archaeology}, keywords = {18c, 19c, class, consumer-behavior, emulation}, month = {December}, number = {4}, pages = {253--298}, posted-at = {2009-07-04 01:20:07}, priority = {5}, title = {Emulation and Empowerment: Material, Social, and Economic Dynamics in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Virginia}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1021310431135}, volume = {6}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5051292 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5051292 N2 - The influence of emulative behavior on the material and socioeconomic transformations of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Anglo-American world is widely debated. A study of historical archaeological sites and probate inventories in Virginia implicates emulation as one ethic operative in rural communities but also identifies a second dynamic: a tendency for many planters of divergent means to act in step with one another, responding in similar ways to new circumstances. Here termed a “cultural accord,” this affinity enabled some individuals who occupied middling social positions to use emulation advantageously in ways that less privileged members of the population could not. IS - 4 JF - International Journal of Historical Archaeology EP - 298 TI - Emulation and Empowerment: Material, Social, and Economic Dynamics in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Virginia VL - 6 SP - 253 KW - 18c KW - 19c KW - class KW - consumer-behavior KW - emulation AU - Bell, Alison PY - 2002/12/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1021310431135 ER -