| Contents |
1. Collecting the World. 2. American Gold: Sugar, Tobacco and Chocolate. 3. Consuming the New World: Settlements and Transformation. 4. Domesticating the Exotic. 5. Treasures from the East: Tulips and the Fashion for Asia's Luxury Goods. 6. Consumption as a Global Phenomenon: Colonial Dreams and Financial Bubbles in Europe, China's Consumer Culture. 7. Resisting Exotic Luxuries: Simplicity and Boycotts in the Age of Revolutions. |
| Abstract |
"Examines the history of consumption throughout the early modern period. Takes a chronological and global view to the discussion of evolving consumer practice and culture between 1500 and 1800"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | 1. Collecting the World. 2. American Gold: Sugar, Tobacco and Chocolate. 3. Consuming the New World: Settlements and Transformation. 4. Domesticating the Exotic. 5. Treasures from the East: Tulips and the Fashion for Asia's Luxury Goods. 6. Consumption as a Global Phenomenon: Colonial Dreams and Financial Bubbles in Europe, China's Consumer Culture. 7. Resisting Exotic Luxuries: Simplicity and Boycotts in the Age of Revolutions. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2014004226 |
| ISBN | 9780415507912 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 041550791X (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780415507929 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0415507928 (paperback) |
