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Luxury: A Rich History
Giorgio Riello
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Description for Luxury: A Rich History
Hardback. .
We live in a world obsessed by luxury. Long-distance airlines compete to offer first-class sleeping experiences and hotels recommend exclusive suites where you are never disturbed. Luxury is a rapidly changing global industry that makes the headlines daily in our newspapers and on the internet. More than ever, luxury is a pervasive presence in the cultural and economic life of the West - and increasingly too in the emerging super-economies of Asia and Latin America. Yet luxury is hardly a new phenomenon. Today's obsession with luxury brands and services is just one of the many manifestations ... Read more
We live in a world obsessed by luxury. Long-distance airlines compete to offer first-class sleeping experiences and hotels recommend exclusive suites where you are never disturbed. Luxury is a rapidly changing global industry that makes the headlines daily in our newspapers and on the internet. More than ever, luxury is a pervasive presence in the cultural and economic life of the West - and increasingly too in the emerging super-economies of Asia and Latin America. Yet luxury is hardly a new phenomenon. Today's obsession with luxury brands and services is just one of the many manifestations ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
750g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199663248
SKU
V9780199663248
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Ref
99-2
About Giorgio Riello
Peter McNeil is Professor of Design History at the University of Technology Sydney and Professor of Fashion Studies at Stockholm University. Trained as an art and design historian, he works mainly on eighteenth-century western Europe and on twentieth century Anglo-American topics ranging from fashion to the politics of the domestic interior. Giorgio Riello is ... Read more
Reviews for Luxury: A Rich History
There's a tension at the core of the very idea of luxury, and that tension gives this book its sinew.
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal