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Luxury and Pleasure in Eighteenth-Century Britain by Maxine Berg is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Luxury and Pleasure in Eighteenth-Century Britain about?
In this book, Maxine Berg explores the invention, making, and buying of new, semi-luxury, and fashionable consumer goods during the eighteenth century. It follows these goods, from china tea ware to all sorts of metal ornaments such as candlesticks, cutlery, buckles, and buttons, as they were made and shopped for, then displayed in the private domestic settings of Britain's urban middling classes. It tells the stories and analyses the developments that led from a global trade in Eastern luxuries
Who reads Luxury and Pleasure in Eighteenth-Century Britain?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Maxine Berg
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressOxford
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780199215287
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Economics, Great Britain
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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