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

• Autore: Weatherill Lorna
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 1996
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.30941; 306/.3
• Soggetto topico: Consumers - Great Britain - History - 17th century; Consumers - Great Britain - History - 18th century
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Economic conditions 17th century; Great Britain Economic conditions 18th century; Great Britain Social conditions 17th century; Great Britain Social conditions 18th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Consumer behaviour and material culture in Britain, 1660-1760
• ISBN: 1-134-74532-X; 1-134-74533-8; 1-280-31820-1; 0-203-44229-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455147503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II