Luxury in global perspective : objects and practices 1600 2000 Global history is predicated on connections and exchange: how connections between far flung people places and objects are forged through a variety of exchanges. As world history has matured as a field its practitioners have found the movement of commodities between peoples places and time a fruitful vehicle for research and teaching. Studies of bulk items like salt spices coffee and other globally traded commodities abound but few scholars have examined the role of luxury goods from a global perspective. This anthology charts the many different contexts in which luxury objects have been used across the globe ranging from the social practices linked to these objects to their production exchange and consumption as well as how these practices varied over time and space and how different societies attributed diverse meanings to the same objects. Using luxury goods as a conduit Luxury in Global Perspective enriches our understanding of global history