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On Luxury A Cautionary Tale: A Short History of the Perils of Excess from Ancient Times to the Beginning of the Modern Era / William Howard Adams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, William Howard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Luxury--Moral and ethical aspects--History.
- Luxury.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""The little extras""
- Contents:
- Word of warning
- The Greeks : less is more
- Rome : the road to ruin
- Fear and loathing : luxury and Christian salvation
- Unintended consequences : indulgence and the Reformation
- Plain living and high thinking : piety and prosperity in the American colonies
- Age of anxiety : luxury and the eighteenth century.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-210) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61234-418-6
- OCLC:
- 818818805
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