In the Absence of Towns Settlement and

During the period from 1730 to 1800, not one town was developed in Southside Virginia, despite tremendous economic development and population growth. Charles Farmer asserts that the characteristics of the tobacco production and trade and the use of slave labor were the primary reasons for the lack of development in the region. In this text, Farmer examines these issues as well as the importance and persistence of country store trade.

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Preface
In the Absence of Towns	p. 1
Settlement Organization, 1730-1800	p. 27
Regional Economy	p. 69
Temporal Patterns of Country Trade: Merchants, Locations, and Structures	p. 113
Consumer Opportunity in a Primary Staple Economy	p. 135
Functions of Country Trade	p. 159
A Final Ensemble	p. 185
Appendix A Database for Analysis of Country Trade	p. 193
Appendix B Tobacco Prices, 1732-1799, and Exchange Rates, 1732-1775	p. 195
Index	p. 197
About the Author	p. 209
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In the Absence of Towns Settlement and Country Trade in Southside Virginia, 1730-1800

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