Luxury in the Eighteenth Century: Debates, Desires and Delectable Goods

By: Berg, Maxine

Book Overview

'Luxury in the 18th Century' explores the political, economic, moral and intellectual effects of the production and consumption of luxury goods, and provides a broadly-based account from a variety of perspectives, addressing key themes of economic debate, material culture, the principles of art and taste, luxury as 'female vice' and the exotic.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023051779X
• ISBN13: 9780230517790
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"