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. Ed(S): Berg, Maxine; Eger, Elizabeth - Luxury in the Eighteenth Century - 9780333963821 - V9780333963821
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Luxury in the Eighteenth Century

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Description for Luxury in the Eighteenth Century Hardback. 'Luxury in the 18th Century' explores the political, economic, moral and intellectual effects of the production and consumption of luxury goods, and provides a broadly-based account from a variety of perspectives, addressing key themes of economic debate, material culture, the principles of art and taste, luxury as 'female vice' and the exotic. Editor(s): Berg, Maxine; Eger, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
'Luxury in the 18th Century' explores the political, economic, moral and intellectual effects of the production and consumption of luxury goods, and provides a broadly-based account from a variety of perspectives, addressing key themes of economic debate, material culture, the principles of art and taste, luxury as 'female vice' and the exotic.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333963821
SKU
V9780333963821
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About . Ed(S): Berg, Maxine; Eger, Elizabeth
MAXINE BERG Professor of History and Director of the Warwick Eighteenth-Century Centre at the University of Warwick, UK ELIZABETH EGER Lecturer in the Department of English, King's College London, UK EDWARD HUNDERT Professor Emeritus of History, University of British Columbia, Canada JAN DE VRIES Professor of History and Economics, University of California, Berkeley,USA ANNIE RICHARDSON Lecturer at the Winchester School ... Read more

Reviews for Luxury in the Eighteenth Century
'This volume significantly advances our knowledge of the topic and makes clear, once and for all, that a decisive change occurred in the long eighteenth century. It also...points the way forward to an approach that combines an account of values and beliefs with the detailed analysis of specific material goods.' - John Brewer, John and Marion Sullivan University Professor, University ... Read more

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