A History of Everyday Things
The Birth of Consumption in France, 1600 1800
Things which we regard as the everyday objects of consumption (and hence re-purchase), and essential to any decent, civilised lifestyle, have not always been so: in former times, everyday objects would have passed from one generation to another, without anyone dreaming of acquiring new ones. How, therefore, have people in the modern world become 'prisoners of objects', as Rousseau put it? The celebrated French cultural historian Daniel Roche answers this fundamental question using insights from economics, politics, demography and geography, as well as his own extensive historical knowledge. Professor Roche places familiar objects and commodit…
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- ISBN: 978-0-521-63329-1
- EAN: 9780521633291
- Produktnummer: 1480055
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.3 cm 646 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 646
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