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Informationen zum Autor Woodruff Smith is Professor in the department of History at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the author of Politics and the Sciences of Culture in Germany, 1840-1920 , The Ideological Origins of Nazi Imperialism , and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries . Klappentext Tying together of several distinct cultural patterns during this century to create a culture of respectability and its impact on popular culture, trade, politics, social dynamics, and literature, this original and thoughtful work provides a comprehensive and much-needed understanding of the origins of modern consumption and all of its cultural implications. Zusammenfassung Tying together of several distinct cultural patterns during this century to create a culture of respectability and its impact on popular culture, trade, politics, social dynamics, and literature, this original and thoughtful work provides a comprehensive and much-needed understanding of the origins of modern consumption and all of its cultural implications. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction CH APTER ONE: CONSUMPTION AND CULTURE Changes in Consumption Patterns in Early Modern Europe Culture and the Contexts of Consumption Cultural Contexts Components of Cultural Contexts Meaning in Cultural Contexts Changes in Cultural Contexts CHAPTER TWO: GENTILITY Samuel Pepys, Gentleman Modes of Gentility Silks and Calicos Underclothing CHAPTER THREE: LUXURY The Context of Luxury in Early Modern Europe Taste Comfort and Convenience Spices of Life Sugar The Contexts of Condiment Consumption CHAPTER FOUR: VIRTUE Dr. Blankaart's Prescription for Healthy Living The Discourse of Virtue Bourgeois Virtue Tea, Coffee and Sugar Cleanliness CHAPTER FIVE: RATIONALMASCULINITY Coffeehouses Coffee and the Context of Rational Masculinity Tobacco CHAPTERSIX: DOMESTIC FEMININITY Tea and Sympathy Femininity, Domesticity and Separate Spheres Civilization Domesticity and Consumption Breakfast CHAPTER SEVEN:RESPECTABILITY Modern Times Respectability, Social Structure and Individual Status Respectable Families Respectability, Institutions and Professions CHAPTER EIGHT:CONCLUSION Gentility, Luxury and Virtue Makers of Respectability Rational Masculinity and Domestic Femininity Implications and Further Questions Tables Bibliography ...
