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Material goods, moving hands: Perceiving production in England, 1700-1830 (Studies in Design)
Smith Kate
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Description for Material goods, moving hands: Perceiving production in England, 1700-1830 (Studies in Design)
Hardcover. Series Editor(s): Breward, Christopher; Sherman, Bill. Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; KJMV5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
In eighteenth-century Britain, greater numbers of people entered the marketplace and bought objects in ever-greater quantities. As consumers rather than producers, how did their understandings of manufacturing processes and the material world change? Material goods and moving hands combines material culture and visual culture approaches to explore the different ways in which manufacturers and retailers presented production to consumers during the eighteenth century. It shows how new relationships with production processes encouraged consumers, retailers, designers, manufacturers and workers to develop conflicting understandings of production. Objects then were not just markers of fashion and taste, they acted as important conduits through ... Read more
In eighteenth-century Britain, greater numbers of people entered the marketplace and bought objects in ever-greater quantities. As consumers rather than producers, how did their understandings of manufacturing processes and the material world change? Material goods and moving hands combines material culture and visual culture approaches to explore the different ways in which manufacturers and retailers presented production to consumers during the eighteenth century. It shows how new relationships with production processes encouraged consumers, retailers, designers, manufacturers and workers to develop conflicting understandings of production. Objects then were not just markers of fashion and taste, they acted as important conduits through ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Design and Material Culture
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719090677
SKU
V9780719090677
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Ref
99-15
About Smith Kate
Kate Smith is Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century History at the University of Birmingham -- .
Reviews for Material goods, moving hands: Perceiving production in England, 1700-1830 (Studies in Design)
'The images are plentiful, and the book is well produced. The readability and utility of the book is enhanced greatly by its concise and well-honed argument, which builds in a useful way throughout. Each chapter uses different sources and approaches whilst also taking the chronology of the book forwards to its 1850 end point. Drawing on approaches from visual and ... Read more