Title Luxury and pleasure in eighteenth-century Britain / Maxine Berg

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 373 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; Introduction; Part I. Luxury, Quality, And Delight; 1. The Delights of Luxury; 2. Goods from the East; 3. Products of the Nation: On Art and Invention; Part Ii. How It Was Made; 4. Glass and Chinaware: The Grammar of the Polite Table; 5. Metal Things: Useful Devices and Agreeable Trinkets; Part Iii. A Nation Of Shoppers; 6. Men and Women of the Middling Classes: Acquisitiveness and Self-Respect; 7. 'Shopping is a Place to Go': Fashion, Shopping, and Advertising; 8. Mercantile Theatres: British Commodities and American Consumers ConclusionBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y Summary Maxine Berg explains how luxury possessions became a central part of 18th-century/middle-class British life. The book explores who owned these goods, what made them desirable, where they came from, and how they were made Notes Originally published: 2005 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-356) and index Notes Print version record Subject Consumption (Economics) -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Consumer goods -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Luxury goods industry -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Affluent consumers -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Middle class -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics. Affluent consumers Consumer goods Consumption (Economics) Luxury goods industry Middle class Social conditions SUBJECT Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056942 Subject Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781435606944 1435606949

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