Luxury in the eighteenth century
Subtitle: debates, desires and delectable goods
By: edited by Maxine Berg and Elizabeth Eger
Contributors: Berg, Maxine, 1950-; Eger, Elizabeth
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Luxury -- History -- 18th century; Wealth -- History -- 18th century; Economic history -- 1600-1750; Economic history -- 1750-1918
Description: "This volume explores the political, economic and moral effects of the production and consumption of luxury goods, tying the concept to contemporary discourse on taste, civility and sensibility, aesthetics and literary genres. This cultural history provides a broadly-based focus on luxury in a series of tightly linked sections addressing key themes of economic debate, material culture, aesthetic principles, luxury as a female vice and the exotic."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index