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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107108322
• ISBN13: 9781107108325
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"