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Records of Little Businesses as Sources of Social and Economic History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

T. D. Clark
T. D. Clark
Affiliation:
University of Kentucky.
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Business records have a wide usefulness. First and foremost they tell the story of business itself, but they also record much that is of value to other fields of historical study.

One of the best single sources for American social and economic history is the records of small-town or rural businesses. These institutions have had a vital place in the growth and expansion of the nation. Until recent years little systematic attention has been given to this aspect of American history. Historians have generalized about this subject, and time after time they have been content to quote as their sources material which long ago became trite.

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Business History Review , Volume 19 , Issue 5 , November 1945 , pp. 151 - 158
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Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1945

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1 Editor's note: Professor Clark has assembled at the University of Kentucky a large collection of such southern business records. His Pills, Petticoats and Plows: The Southern Country Store appeared in 1944.