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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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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cox, Nancy C., author.
Contributor:
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
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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