[PDF] The Origins Of The Consumer Revolution In England eBook

Author : Joanne Sear
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 18,40 MB
Release : 2020-01-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1000765709

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The Origins of the Consumer Revolution in England explores the rise of consumerism from the end of the medieval period through to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The book takes a detailed look at when the 'consumer revolution' began, tracing its evolution from the years following the Black Death through to the nineteenth century. In doing so, it also considers which social classes were included, and how different areas of the country were affected at different times, examining the significant role that location played in the development of consumption. This new study is based upon the largest database of English probate records yet assembled, which has been used in conjunction with a range of other sources to offer a broad and detailed chronological approach. Filling in the gaps within previous research, it examines changing patterns in relation to food and drink, clothing, household furnishings and religion, focussing on the goods themselves to illuminate items in common ownership, rather than those owned only by the elite. Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative evidence to explore the development of consumption, The Origins of the Consumer Revolution in England will be of great use to scholars and students of late medieval and early modern economic and social history, with an interest in the development of consumerism in England.

Author : Michael Kwass
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 50,67 MB
Release : 2022-02-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521198704

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A bold new interpretation of 'consumer revolution' in 18th-century Europe, examining globalization and the politics of consumption in the age of Revolution.

Author : Robert C. Allen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 35,53 MB
Release : 2009-04-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521868270

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Why did the industrial revolution take place in 18th century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Author : Neil McKendrick
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,20 MB
Release : 2018-07-31
Category : Advertising
ISBN : 9781912224272

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This enormously influential book by three leading historians was a revolution in the understanding of commercialisation and the economy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and the consumer revolution. Neil McKendrick studies the fashion and the pottery industries, and created a new framework for enquiring into fundamental issues. John Brewer examines the commercialisation and politics. J.H. Plumb considers the social; changes brought about by commercialization, looking in particular at leisure, the new world' of children, and the acceptance of modernity.

Author : Jan de Vries
Publisher :
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 39,74 MB
Release : 2008-05-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521719254

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This 2008 book traces the evolution of an 'industrious revolution' that fundamentally altered the material cultures of Europe and North America.

Author : Frank Trentmann
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 47,82 MB
Release : 2012-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0191624349

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The term 'consumption' covers the desire for goods and services, their acquisition, use, and disposal. The study of consumption has grown enormously in recent years, and it has been the subject of major historiographical debates: did the eighteenth century bring a consumer revolution? Was there a great divergence between East and West? Did the twentieth century see the triumph of global consumerism? Questions of consumption have become defining topics in all branches of history, from gender and labour history to political history and cultural studies. The Oxford Handbook of the History of Consumption offers a timely overview of how our understanding of consumption in history has changed in the last generation, taking the reader from the ancient period to the twenty-first century. It includes chapters on Asia, Europe, Africa, and North America, brings together new perspectives, highlights cutting-edge areas of research, and offers a guide through the main historiographical developments. Contributions from leading historians examine the spaces of consumption, consumer politics, luxury and waste, nationalism and empire, the body, well-being, youth cultures, and fashion. The Handbook also showcases the different ways in which recent historians have approached the subject, from cultural and economic history to political history and technology studies, including areas where multidisciplinary approaches have been especially fruitful.

Author : Roberta Sassatelli
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 14,27 MB
Release : 2007-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412911818

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'Roberta Sassatelli has written a thorough and wide-ranging synthetic account of social scientific research on consumption which will set the standard for the second generation of textbooks on cultures of consumption. Consumer Culture is an appealing and lucid introduction to the major themes - historical and contemporary, theoretical and empirical - surrounding the growth, nature and consequences of consumer culture. It will be of professional interest as well as serving a student audience' - Alan Warde, University of Manchester Showing the cultural and institutional processes that have brought the notion of the 'consumer' to life, this book guides the reader on a comprehensive journey through the history of how we have come to understand ourselves as consumers in a consumer society and reveals the profound ambiguities and ambivalences inherent within. While rooted in sociology, Sassatelli draws on the traditions of history, anthropology, geography and economics to give: - A history of the rise of consumer culture around the world; - A richly illustrated analysis of theory from neo-classical economics, to critical theory, to theories of practice and ritual de-commoditization; and - A compelling discussion of the politics underlying our consumption practices. An exemplary introduction to the history and theory of consumer culture, this book provides nuanced answers to some of the most central questions of our time.

Author : John Benson
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Longman Limited
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 46,62 MB
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780582072893

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Britain today is thought of as a consumer society, but how and when did this consumer revolution happen? Although the issues of consumption, consumers and consumer society are often used as a means of explaining and describing the nature of modern British society, their origins remain both neglected and controversial. This book aims to fill this gap by examining the causes, course and consequences of the changes in consumption which have occurred over the last 100 years.