Artist: George Caleb Bingham
"Stump Speaking"
February 2: James A. Henretta, "Families and Farms: Mentalite in Pre-Industrial America," William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd. Ser., Vol. 35, No. 1. (Jan., 1978), pp. 3-32.
David Jaffee, "Peddlers of Progress and the Transformation of the Rural North, 1760-1860," The Journal of American History, Vol. 78, No. 2. (Sep., 1991), pp. 511-535.
February 7: David F. Weiman, "Farmers and the Market in Antebellum America: A View from the Georgia Upcountry," The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 47, No. 3. (Sep., 1987), pp. 627-647.
Winifred Rothenberg, “The Market and Massachusetts Farmers, 1750-1855,” Journal of Economic History 41 (1981): 283-314.
Christopher Clark, The Roots of Rural Capitalism: Western Massachusetts, 1780-1860 (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1990), 121-155, 195-227.
February 9: No Class--use this time to work on your paper.
February 14: Preliminary Topic Statements Due.
February 14: Finish discussing readings and discuss Catherine E. Kelly, "'Well Bred Country People': Sociability, Social Networks, and the Creation of a Provincial Middle Class, 1820- 1860,"Journal of the Early Republic 19 (Fall 1999): 451-479 (Handout). Also, discuss your preliminary topic statements.