Peddling in the Antebellum Economy
Precursor of Mass-Marketing or a Start in Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2768171 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul J Uselding, Paul Uselding (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-66 |
| Publication date | 1975-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1975.tb01159.x |
| OpenAlex | W2113468149 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article examines the effect of peddling upon industrialization and economic development and the evolution of institutional arrangements in marketing in the Antebellum period. After 1840 peddling in America was undertaken, to an increasing extent, by newly arrived immigrants from Germany who displaced the traditional "Yankees" from the trade. The relationship between peddling and the development of entrepreneurship is explored, along with the special opportunities that peddling provided for economic and occupational mobility in the American milieu. The frequency with which individuals who started careers as peddlers rose to prominence in the fields of merchandising and finance points to the importance of the "schooling" function of this institution for newly arrived immigrants in American folkways, business practices, and commercial possibilities
Economic history · Economics · Economy · Entrepreneurship · Immigration · Industrialisation · Institution · Market economy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · American History and Culture · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |