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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829294403321

Autore

Weatherill Lorna

Titolo

Consumer behaviour and material culture in Britain, 1660-1760 / / Lorna Weatherill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-74532-X

1-134-74533-8

1-280-31820-1

0-203-44229-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Disciplina

306.30941

306/.3

Soggetti

Consumers - Great Britain - History - 17th century

Consumers - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Great Britain Economic conditions 17th century

Great Britain Economic conditions 18th century

Great Britain Social conditions 17th century

Great Britain Social conditions 18th century

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. [240]-243) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; List of tables; Preface; Preface to the second edition; Introduction; THE NATION; Growth; Contrasting localities; The influence of towns; THE HOUSEHOLD; Financing the household: income, wealth, and prices; Financing the household: expenditure and priorities; The domestic environment; Ownership of goods, social status, and occupation; Conclusions and implications; Ways of using probate inventories; Occupations and status in inventories; Notes; Bibliography of contemporary sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is a detailed study of the material lives of the middle-classes in the pre-industrial era, a period which saw considerable growth in consumption. Weatherill has brought her research in her very important study completely up-to-date.