Consumer behaviour and material culture in Britain, 1660-1760 / Lorna Weatherill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weatherill, Lorna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumers--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Consumers.

Consumers--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Great Britain--Economic conditions--17th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Economic conditions--18th century.

Great Britain--Social conditions--17th century.

Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

Consumer behaviour & material culture in Britain, 1660-1760

Consumer behavior and material culture in Britain, 1660-1760

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. Weatherill has brought her research in her very important study completely up-to-date.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; List of tables; Preface; Preface to the second edition; Introduction; THE NATION; Growth; Contrasting localities; The influence of towns; THE HOUSEHOLD; Financing the household: income, wealth, and prices; Financing the household: expenditure and priorities; The domestic environment; Ownership of goods, social status, and occupation; Conclusions and implications; Ways of using probate inventories; Occupations and status in inventories; Notes; Bibliography of contemporary sources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-243) and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-134-74532-X

1-134-74533-8

9780415151849

1-280-31820-1

0-203-44229-6

9780203442296

OCLC:

123449596