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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154574803321

Autore

Waters Catherine

Titolo

Commodity culture in Dickens's Household words : the social life of goods / / Catherine Waters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-95041-X

1-315-25989-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 pages)

Collana

The Nineteenth Century Series

Disciplina

052

Soggetti

Commercial products - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2008 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Advertising fictions -- 3. The genuine article, the sham, and the problem of authenticity - -4. 'The key of the street' -- 5. 'Men made by machinery' -- 6. Worldly goods -- 7. 'Trading in death' -- 8. 'Fashion in undress'.