{"product_id":"broken-chains-and-subverted-plans-christopher-c-fennell-9780813062457","title":"Broken Chains and Subverted Plans: Ethnicity, Race, and Commodities","description":"\"Creatively drawing on archaeological, architectural, and documentary evidence, this book explores the dynamic strategies employed by German Americans and African Americans in the nineteenth-century American frontier to navigate the exclusionary, exploitative, and insidious forces of the emerging world capitalist system.\"--Frederick H. Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Archaeology of Alcohol and Drinking\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using two case studies from different frontier regions in nineteenth-century America, this book reveals how marginalized ethnic and racial communities resisted the attempts of governing officials and investors to control them through capitalist economic and government frameworks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In backcountry Virginia, immigrants from Germany opted to purchase ceramic wares produced by their own local communities instead of buying manufactured goods supplied by urban centers like Washington, D.C. In Illinois, free African Americans in the town of New Philadelphia worked to obtain land and produce agricultural commodities, defying structural racism that was meant to channel resources and economic value away from them. These small choices and actions had large ripple effects. Looking at the economic systems of these regions in relation to transatlantic and global factors, Christopher Fennell offers rare insight into the development of America's consumer economy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher C. Fennell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813062454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813062457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2017","brand":"Christopher C. Fennell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47087409037567,"sku":"9780813062457","price":84.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fd093892-c3da-4d1d-a8bb-8f5e96e981e1.jpg?v=1753849807","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/broken-chains-and-subverted-plans-christopher-c-fennell-9780813062457","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}