Spaces of Consumption: Leisure and Shopping in the English Town, C.1680-1830

by Victoria Morgan, Jon Stobart, Andrew Hann

Book Overview

Consumption is well established as a key theme in the study of the eighteenth century. Spaces of Consumption brings a new dimension to this subject by looking at it spatially.

Taking English towns as its scene, this inspiring study focuses on moments of consumption - selecting and purchasing goods, attending plays, promenading - and explores the ways in which these were related together through the spaces of the town: the shop, the theatre...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415424550
• ISBN13: 9780415424554
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"