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Luxury in the Eighteenth Century: Debates, Desires and Delectable Goods

By Maxine Berg , Elizabeth Eger (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2003
ISBN
978-0-230-51779-0, 978-0-230-50827-9, 978-0-333-96382-1
DOI
10.1007/978-0-230-50827-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2516155 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XII, 259\270
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
Cultural History; Literary Theory; Cultural Theorygeneral; Social History; Economic History

Description

'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.

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