Luxury in the Eighteenth-Century
Subtitle: Debates, Desires and Delectable Goods
Contributors: Maxine Berg (Editor); Elizabeth Eger (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: March 19, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780333963821
Subjects: Cultural studies; Social history; c 1700 to c 1800; Contemporary Economic Situations And Conditions; Business & Economics; Archaeology / Anthropology; Business/Economics; History: World; British Isles; Anthropology - Cultural; European - General; Modern - 18th Century; Literary Criticism & Collections / European; Economic Conditions; 1600-1750; 18th century; Economic History; History; Luxury; Wealth
First sentence: Luxury is no novelty of our own times.