Of Consuming Interests

Of Consuming Interests The Style of Life in the Eighteenth Century - Perspectives on the American Revolution

Hardback (31 Aug 1994)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This collection examines 18th-century material culture. Through a dissection of colonial manners, goods and social institutions, it traces the rise of America's aggressive bourgeois consumerism. The essays touch on fashion, home furnishings, architecture, advertising, sports and shopping.

Book information

ISBN: 9780813914138
Publisher: Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by the University Press of Virginia
Imprint: Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by the University Press of Virginia
Pub date:
DEWEY: 973.2
DEWEY edition: 20
Number of pages: 721
Weight: 1133g
Height: 241mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 50mm