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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Abbreviations -- Note -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- History of Consumption and Male Consumer Culture -- Gender and Consumption -- Material Desires and Consumer Practices -- Fashion and Consumer Culture Engagement -- Consumerist Behaviour and Financial Struggles -- Primary Sources -- Structure and Contents -- Chapter 2: College Life and the Local Economy -- The Student Body -- College Organisation and Education Costs -- University Reforms -- A Vast Array of Suppliers and Goods |
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Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Male Consumption and Students' Tastes -- Power Dressing -- Furnishing and Decorations -- Manly Pastimes and Hobbies -- Hygiene and Accessories -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Undergraduate Culture and Male Consumer Behaviour -- Living Fast -- Jockeying for Position -- Projecting Status -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: The Formation of Spending Habits -- The Way to Custom -- Taking Advantage of Custom -- Attempts to Regulate Students' Spending Habits -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Consumer Credit Traps and Student Consumerism -- From Crisis Credit to Consumer Credit |
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From Debt of Convenience to Insolvency -- Evaluating Creditworthiness -- Students' Payments -- Credit Traps and Financial Struggles -- The Slippages of the Credit System -- The Impact of Long-Term Credit on Prices -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Excessive Consumption and Insolvency -- Prosecuting Debtors -- The Chancellor's Court and Its Regulations -- Evidence of Excess in Student Consumption -- Student Debt in Context -- Student Debt and Its Impact on Trade -- Necessaries and Luxuries in Excessive Consumption Cases -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: An Emerging Anti-Consumerist Culture? |
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Students' Battles Against Abuses -- The Emergence of a New Student Consumer? -- Joining Forces to Put Down the Credit System -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Conclusion -- Appendix: Evolution of Law -- Bibliography -- Manuscripts and Archival Sources -- Ashmolean Museum -- Bodleian Library -- Ephemera -- Maps -- College Archives -- Brasenose College -- Christ Church -- Oriel College -- St John's College -- University College Archives -- The University of Oxford Archives -- Printed Primary Sources -- Periodicals -- Directories -- Printed Secondary Works -- Unpublished Thesis |
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Online Resources and Catalogues -- Index of Personalities -- Index of Tradesmen -- Index of Students |
| Summary |
This book explores students' consumer practices and material desires in nineteenth-century Oxford. Consumerism surged among undergraduates in the 1830s and decreased by contrast from the 1860s as students learned to practice restraint and make wiser choices, putting a brake on past excessive consumption habits. This study concentrates on the minority of debtors, the daily lives of undergraduates, and their social and economic environment. It scrutinises the variety of goods that were on offer, paying special attention to their social and symbolic uses and meanings. Through emulation and self-display, the habits of undergraduate students impacted the formation of male identities and spending habits. Using Oxford students as a case study, this book opens new pathways in the history of consumption and capitalism, revealing how youth consumer culture intertwined with the rise of competition among tradesmen and university reforms in the 1850s and 1860s |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 09, 2020) |
| Subject |
University of Oxford -- Students
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| SUBJECT |
University of Oxford fast |
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College students as consumers -- England -- 19th century
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Consumer behavior -- England -- 19th century
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College students as consumers
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Consumer behavior
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Students
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England
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
3030463877 |
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9783030463878 |
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