Luxury and Pleasure in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Luxury and Pleasure in Eighteenth-Century Britain

by Maxine Berg (Author)

Synopsis

Explores the invention, making, and buying of new, semi-luxury, and fashionable consumer goods during the 18th century. This book tells the stories and analyses the developments that led from a global trade in Eastern luxuries beginning in the 16th century to the new global trade in British-made consumer goods by the end of the 18th century.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 396
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Published: 31 May 2007

ISBN 10: 0199215286
ISBN 13: 9780199215287