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Consumption and the World of Goods

Paperback • 1993 • English • 1. edition

Consumption and the World of Goods

By John Brewer, Roy Porter

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About the book

The study of past society in terms of what it consumes rather than what it produces is - relatively speaking - a new development. The focus on consumption changes the whole emphasis and structure of historical enquiry. While human beings usually work within a single trade or industry as producers, as, say, farmers or industrial workers, as consumers they are active in many different markets or networks. And while history written from a production viewpoint has, by chance or design, largely been ...Show more

Sociology
Social research and statistics

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ISBN

9780415114783

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published year

1993

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Consumption and the World of Goods

Format

Paperback

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