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Retailing and the language of goods, 1550-1820 / Nancy Cox.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) HF5429 .C686 2015
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Lippincott Library HF5429 .C686 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cox, Nancy C., author.
- Series:
- History of retailing and consumption
- The history of retailing and consumption
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Retail trade--History.
- Retail trade.
- Retail trade--Social aspects--History.
- Consumer goods--History.
- Consumer goods.
- Economic history--16th century.
- Economic history.
- Economic history--1600-1750.
- Economic history--1750-1918.
- Retail trade--Social aspects.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 248 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2015]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- [I] The language of trade
- The relationship between labels and their objects
- Early dictionaries and the language of trade and industry
- The approach to trade and industry in early-modern encyclopædias
- The translation of new commodities
- Interlude: Two case studies: the potato; tea
- [II] Things beyond their materiality
- Deception and misconception in the production of food and drink
- Choice and no choice for the poor
- Small luxuries for ordinary people
- Love and marriage in the market
- Conclusion
- Appendix.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781472416100
- 1472416104
- OCLC:
- 892458575
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