Origins of the Consumer Revolution in England. From brass pots to clocks
Details:
- Author(s) Sear, Joanna, & Ken Sneath
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2020
- Pages 322pp
- Publisher Routledge
- Place Published Abingdon
Topics:
- Name Consumption, consumerism & associated ethics
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Traces evolution of consumption and how it varied especially with location. Considers 'changing patterns in relation to food and drink, clothing, household furnishings and religion, focussing on the goods themselves to illuminate items in common ownership, rather than those owned only by the elite'. Chapters include: 'The consumer revolution'; 'Sources and their interpretation'; 'Food and drink'; 'Clothing'; 'The home environment'; 'Religious consumption'; 'When and where did the consumer revolution take place?'; 'Social groups'; 'Who benefited from revolution?'