Luxury and pleasure in eighteenth-century Britain /

Luxury and pleasure in eighteenth-century Britain /

Maxine Berg

Luxury and Pleasure in Eighteenth-Century Britain explores the invention, making, and buying of new, semi-luxury, and fashionable consumer goods during the eighteenth century. It follows the progress of china tea ware, cutlery, candlesticks, buckles, and buttons, as they were made, shopped for, and...

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Main Author: Berg, Maxine, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
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.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 18th century.
Physical Description:xvii,373 p. ; 25 cm
ISBN(s):0199272085
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LL 688 B 135 Borrowable : Available

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