Consumer Behaviour and Material Culture in Britain 1660-1760
| Author/creator | Weatherill, Lorna Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge Florence : Taylor & Francis Group [Distributor] |
| Description | 280 p. ill 13.800 x 021.600 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Summary | Annotation 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. Lorna Weatherill has brought her highly important survey up-to-date in the light of new research. She provides a new introduction and bibliography, taking account of the latest academic writing and methodological advances, including computing, and offers further conclusions about her work and its place in current literature.<BR>Three main types of documentation are used to construct the overall picture: diaries, household accounts, and probate inventories. In investigating these sources she interprets the social meaning of material goods; and then goes on to relate this evidence to the social structures of Britain by wealth, status and locality.<BR>Breaking new ground in focusing on households and the use of probate inventories, Weatherill has provided a book which gives both a general account of the domestic environment of the period, and a scholarly analysis of the data on consumption patterns. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 88004033 |
| ISBN | 9780415151849 |
| ISBN | 0415151848 (UK-B Format Paperback) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780415151849 |
| Stock number | 00081154 |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |