Consuming Trade in Mid-Eighteenth Century Albany

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dc.contributor.authorEvenson, Sara Christineen
dc.contributor.committeechairKiechle, Melanie A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberThorp, Daniel B.en
dc.contributor.committeememberChristensen, Danilleen
dc.contributor.departmentHistoryen
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-30T08:00:41Zen
dc.date.available2016-06-30T08:00:41Zen
dc.date.issued2016-06-29en
dc.description.abstractAn analysis of mid-eighteenth century trading centers reveals a distinct pattern different from that of earlier seventeenth century trading communities. Consumable items comprised the majority of internal and external commerce for many of these trading port cities. Albany, New York, a hinterland trading center, mirrored these changes and can act as a case study for many of the global transitions of the eighteenth century. Taken within the broader framework and understanding of the consumer revolution, it becomes clear that Albanian culture and society became crystallized around its food items and their trade, much as the coastal communities commonly studied. Due to the emphasis placed on it by Albanians, food and its trade became the culturally, socially, and economically homogenizing factor that began shaping the modern city as it transitioned from its seventeenth century roots. By the middle of the eighteenth century, Albanians had become active consumers and experienced traders in a global marketplace and had experienced marked cultural hybridization as seen via its food trade and consumption.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:8243en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/71668en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjecteighteenth centuryen
dc.subjectfooden
dc.subjectfood historyen
dc.subjectAlbanyen
dc.subjectNew Yorken
dc.titleConsuming Trade in Mid-Eighteenth Century Albanyen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineHistoryen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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