The Industrious Revolution: Consumer Behavior and the Household Economy, 1650 to the Present

by Jan de Vries

Book Overview

In the long eighteenth century, new consumer aspirations combined with a new industrious behavior to fundamentally alter the material cultures of northwest Europe and North America. This "industrious... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521719259
• ISBN13: 9780521719254
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"