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Luxury : fashion, lifestyles and excess / Patrizia Calefato ; translated from Italian by Lisa Adams.
Lippincott Library HB841 .C2513 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Calefato, Patrizia.
- Standardized Title:
- Lusso. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Luxury--Social aspects.
- Luxury.
- Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.
- Consumption (Economics).
- Luxuries--Social aspects.
- Luxuries.
- Fashion--Social aspects.
- Fashion.
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 116 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury, 2014.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Italian.
- Summary:
- Luxury has been both celebrated and condemned throughout history right up to the present day. This groundbreaking text examines luxury and its relationship with desire, status, consumption and economic value, exploring why luxury remains prominent even in the context of a global recession.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780857853318
- 0857853317
- 9780857853301
- 0857853309
- OCLC:
- 857981521
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