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Luxury and Pleasure in Eighteenth-Century Britain Berg, Maxine (, Professor of History, University of Warwick) New edition
Luxury and Pleasure in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Berg, Maxine (, Professor of History, University of Warwick)
Explores the invention, making, and buying of new, semi-luxury, and fashionable consumer goods during the 18th century. This book tells the stories and analyses the developments that led from a global trade in Eastern luxuries beginning in the 16th century to the new global trade in British-made consumer goods by the end of the 18th century.
392 pages, frontispiece, 33 halftones, 4 maps, 23 tables
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 12, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199215287 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 392 |
| Dimensions | 158 × 233 × 20 mm · 608 g |
| Language | English |