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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154575003321

Titolo

Luxury trades and consumerism in Ancien Regime Paris : studies in the history of the skilled workforce / / edited by Robert Fox and Anthony Turner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-25012-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Altri autori (Persone)

FoxRobert <1938->

TurnerAnthony John <1946->

Disciplina

331.11/422

Soggetti

Manufacturing industries - France - Paris - History

Luxuries - France - Paris - History

Skilled labor - France - Paris - History

Consumption (Economics) - France - Paris - History

Affluent consumers - France - Paris - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 1998 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Making -- pt. 2. Marketing -- pt. 3. Consuming -- pt. 4. Reflections.

Sommario/riassunto

Since the 16th century, Paris has been a leading arbiter of taste and the ultimate source of luxury goods for Europe and the world. However, the origins of the luxury trades of Paris and their role in the wider economic development of France and Europe have been relatively little examined by historians. This volume provides an entry into some of the many questions raised by the growth of the luxury trades, by bringing together eight detailed case studies of specific trades with five more wide-ranging and theoretical contributions. It therefore offers both the results of entirely new research and a range of new perspectives and methodological reflections on the subject as a whole. Essential to economic and social historians of Early Modern France, the book will also be of interest to all students of material culture.