TY - BOOK AU - Taplin,Ian M. TI - The evolution of luxury SN - 9780367351229 (pbk.) : U1 - 338.4'7 23 PY - 2020/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Luxury KW - History KW - Luxury goods industry KW - Industry KW - eflch KW - ukslc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - Offering a unique analysis of how our definitions of luxury have changed over the ages - and with that the role and actions of both suppliers and buyers of luxury products - this book traces the way luxury was seen as avarice and emblematic of morally corrosive behavior in past societies, to being viewed in more virtuous terms as the inevitable outcome of structural changes that legitimize the acquisition and display of wealth ER -