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Luxury in the Eighteenth Century Debates, Desires and Delectable Goods

Luxury in the Eighteenth Century Debates, Desires and Delectable Goods

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'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.

Keywords

HistorySocial HistoryLiterary CriticismSemiotics & TheorySocial ScienceBusiness & EconomicsEconomic HistoryAnthropologyCultural & SocialSociology

2002Book

Author(s)Maxine Berg, Elizabeth Eger

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK

ISBN9780333963821

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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