Luxury and pleasure in eighteenth-century Britain / Maxine Berg.
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TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005Description: xvii, 373 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780199272082 (hbk.) :; 0199272085 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Consumption (Economics) -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Consumer goods -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Luxury goods industry -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Affluent consumers -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Middle class -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th centuryDDC classification: 339.4'7'0941'09033 Summary: Maxine Berg explains how luxury possessions became a central part of eighteenth-century/middle-class British life. Who owned these goods, what made them desirable, where did they come from, and how were they made?
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 332-356) and index.
Maxine Berg explains how luxury possessions became a central part of eighteenth-century/middle-class British life. Who owned these goods, what made them desirable, where did they come from, and how were they made?
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