New structures : architectural engineering / edited by Robert E. Fischer

• Record Nr.: UNINA990000670880403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York [etc.] : McGraw - Hill Book Co., copyr. 1964
• Descrizione fisica: VIII, 214 p. : ill. ; 29 cm
• Collana: An architectural record book
• Locazione: DINST; DINED
• Collocazione: 01 H 1039; NN 33
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Nei luoghi della sirena : dal mare di Gallipoli alle Serre salentine / Piero Pascali, Daniele Capone

• Record Nr.: UNISALENTO991004264438407536
• Autore: Pascali, Piero
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Castiglione (LE) : Giorgiani, c2022
• ISBN: 9788894969450
• Descrizione fisica: 488 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
• Collana: Cultura e storia / collana della Società di storia patria, sez. di Lecce ; 110
• Altri autori (Persone): Capone, Danieleauthor
• Disciplina: 945.753
• Soggetti: Gallipoli Storia 15.-18.; Salento Storia 15.-18.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Consumption and the making of respectability, 1600-1800 / / by Woodruff D. Smith

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779337903321
• Autore: Smith Woodruff D.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2002
• ISBN: 1-136-79394-1; 0-429-23875-4; 0-203-82641-8; 1-283-84641-1; 1-136-79395-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
• Disciplina: 339.4/7; 339.47
• Soggetti: Consumption (Economics) - Europe - History; Culture - Economic aspects - Europe - History; Europe Social life and customs
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-331) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""CONSUMPTION AND THE MAKING OF RESPECTABILITY, 1600â€?1800 ""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbrevations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Consumption and Culture""; ""Changes in Consumption Patterns in Early Modern Europe""; ""Culture and the Contexts of Consumption""; ""Cultural Contexts""; ""Components of Cultural Contexts""; ""Meaning in Cultural Contexts""; ""Changes in Cultural Contexts""; ""2. Gentility""; ""Status and Consumption""; ""Samuel Pepys, Gentleman""; ""Modes of Gentility""; ""Silks and Calicoes""; ""Underclothing""; ""3. Luxury""; ""The Context of Luxury in Early Modern Europe""""Taste""; ""Comfort and Convenience""; ""Spices of Life""; ""Sugar""; ""The Contexts of Condiment Consumption""; ""4. Virtue""; ""Dr. Blankaartâ€?s Prescription for Healthy Living""; ""The Discourse of Virtue""; ""“Bourgeoisâ€? Virtue""; ""Tea, Coffee, and Sugar""; ""Cleanliness""; ""5. Rational Masculinity""; ""Coffeehouses""; ""Coffee and the Context of Rational Masculinity""; ""Tobacco""; ""6. Domestic Femininity""; ""Tea ; and Sympathy""; ""Femininity, Domesticity, and “Separate Spheresâ€?""; ""Civilization""; ""Domesticity and Consumption""""Breakfast""; ""7. Respectability""; ""Modern Times""; ""Respectability, Social Structure, and Individual Status""; ""Respectable Families""; ""Respectability, Institutions, and Professions""; ""8. Conclusion""; ""Gentility, Luxury, and Virtue""; ""Makers of Respectability""; ""Rational Masculinity and Domestic Femininity""; ""Implications and Further Questions""; ""Notes""; ""Appendix""; ""Bibliography""; ""Archival Sources and Special Collections""; ""Primary Sources""; ""Secondary Sources""
• Sommario/riassunto: Tying together of several distinct cultural patterns during this century to create a culture of respectability and its impact on popular culture, trade, politics, social dynamics, and literature, this original and thoughtful work provides a comprehensive and much-needed understanding of the origins of modern consumption and all of its cultural implications.