A History of Global Consumption: 1500-1800

By Ina Baghdiantz McCabe

Book Overview

In A History of Global Consumption: 1500 - 1800, Ina Baghdiantz McCabe examines the history of consumption throughout the early modern period using a combination of chronological and thematic discussion, taking a comprehensive and wide-reaching view of a subject that has long been on the historical agenda. The title explores the topic from the rise of the collector in Renaissance Europe to the birth of consumption as a political tool in the eighteenth century.

A History of Global Consumption: 1500 - 1800 is the perfect guide for all students interested in the social, cultural and economic history of the early modern period.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415507928
• ISBN13: 9780415507929
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"