EH.N: ANN: Program in Early American Economy and Society

[Debbie Shapiro]

The Library Company of Philadelphia invites you to celebrate the newly endowed

Program in Early American Economy and Society

on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. (Reception begins at 
5:30; Program begins at 6:15 p.m.) 1314 Locust Street, Philadelphia, 
PA 19107

Join us as we celebrate the successful completion of the Endowment 
Fund to support the Program in Early American Economy and Society

With ANN SMART MARTIN, author of

Buying into the World of Goods: Early Consumers in Backcountry Virginia

Ann Smart Martin is the Stanley and Polly Stone Professor of Art 
History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she teaches 
American decorative arts and material culture and heads the 
interdisciplinary material culture program. She is currently a 
visiting professor at the Global History and Culture Center at the 
University of Warwick and is a Research Fellow at the Victoria and 
Albert Museum.


How did people living on the early American frontier discover and 
then become a part of the market economy? Buying into the World of 
Goods, the newest title to appear in the PEAES series published by 
Johns Hopkins University Press, reconstructs the lost world of one 
country merchant, John Hook, and illuminates relationships among the 
storekeeper, his varied customers, and a wide array of commodities.


This event is open to the public free of charge, but space is limited.

To RSVP call 215-546-3181 or email dshapiro at librarycompany.org.

For further information about PEAES, email Cathy Matson, Program 
Director, at cmatson at udel.edu.