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1 online resource (345 pages) |
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text file |
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CONSUMPTION AND THE MAKING OF RESPECTABILITY,1600-1800; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbrevations; Introduction; 1. Consumption and Culture; Changes in Consumption Patterns in Early Modern Europe; Culture and the Contexts of Consumption; Cultural Contexts; Components of Cultural Contexts; Meaning in Cultural Contexts; Changes in Cultural Contexts; 2. Gentility; Status and Consumption; Samuel Pepys, Gentleman; Modes of Gentility; Silks and Calicoes; Underclothing; 3. Luxury; The Context of Luxury in Early Modern Europe; Taste; Comfort and Convenience; Spices of Life; Sugar. |
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The Contexts of Condiment Consumption4. Virtue; Dr. Blankaart's Prescription for Healthy Living; The Discourse of Virtue; "Bourgeois" Virtue; Tea, Coffee, and Sugar; Cleanliness; 5. Rational Masculinity; Coffeehouses; Coffee and the Context of Rational Masculinity; Tobacco; 6. Domestic Femininity; Tea and Sympathy; Femininity, Domesticity, and "Separate Spheres"; Civilization; Domesticity and Consumption; Breakfast; 7. Respectability; Modern Times; Respectability, Social Structure, and Individual Status; Respectable Families; Respectability, Institutions, and Professions; 8. Conclusion. |
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Gentility, Luxury, and VirtueMakers of Respectability; Rational Masculinity and Domestic Femininity; Implications and Further Questions; Notes; Appendix; Bibliography; Archival Sources and Special Collections; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources. |
| Summary |
Tying together of several distinct cultural patterns during this century to create a culture of respectability and its impact on popular culture, trade, politics, social dynamics, and literature, this original and thoughtful work provides a comprehensive and much-needed understanding of the origins of modern consumption and all of its cultural implications. |
| Local Note |
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Consumption (Economics) -- Europe -- History.
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Consumption (Economics) |
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Europe. |
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History. |
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Culture -- Economic aspects -- Europe -- History.
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Culture -- Economic aspects. |
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Europe -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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Europa. |
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1600-talet |
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1700-talet |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Woodruff. Consumption and the Making of Respectability, 1600-1800. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2012 9780415933285 |
| ISBN |
9780203826416 |
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0203826418 |
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9781136793950 |
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113679395X |
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9780415933285 |
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