Commodity Culture in Dickens's Household Words: The Social Life of Goods

By Catherine Waters

Book Overview

From 1850 to 1859, Charles Dickens 'conducted' Household Words, a weekly miscellany intended to instruct and entertain predominantly middle-class readers. He filled the journal with articles about various commodities, many of which raise questions about how far society should go in permitting people to buy and sell goods and services. Although stu

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367887916
• ISBN13: 9780367887919
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"