Consumption and the Country House

Zusatztext With keen historiographic insights and a wealth of interesting detail, the authors of this book have produced an insightful account of consumption and class in eighteenth-century England ... the authors have provided a lucid and illuminating account of elite eighteenth-century consumption. Informationen zum Autor Jon Stobart is Professor of History at Manchester Metropolitan University. His has published widely on the history of consumption, retailing and leisure in eighteenth-century England, and has a particular interest in the spatiality of consumption and the marketing of goods. His recent publications include Sugar and Spice: Grocer and Groceries in Provincial England, 1650-1830 (2013), Selling Textiles in the Long Eighteenth Century (2014), co-edited with Bruno Blonde, and The Country House: Material Culture and Consumption (2015), co-edited with Andrew Hann.Mark Rothery is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Northampton. He specialises in the history of landed elites and has published widely in this area on themes such as gender, masculinity, sociability and landed estates. He co-authored a book with Professor Henry French entitled Man's Estate: Landed Gentry Masculinities 1660-1914 (2012) and is the author of a number of major journal articles. Klappentext Focussing on three families and drawing on detailed analysis of account books, receipted bills, household inventories, diaries and correspondence, Consumption and the Country House charts the spending patterns of the landed aristocracy of Georgian England during the so-called consumer revolution of the eighteenth century. Zusammenfassung Focussing on three families and drawing on detailed analysis of account books, receipted bills, household inventories, diaries and correspondence, Consumption and the Country House charts the spending patterns of the landed aristocracy of Georgian England during the so-called consumer revolution of the eighteenth century....

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• Authors: Mark Rothery, Mark Stobart Rothery, Rothery Mark, Jon Stobart, Jon (Professor of History Stobart
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.06.2016
• EAN: 9780198726265
• ISBN: 978-0-19-872626-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; England, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), History - General History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Economic history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, C 1700 To C 1800