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The Birth of a Consumer Society

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

The Birth of a Consumer Society

By Neil McKendrick, John Brewer, J. H. Plumb

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About the book

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 `n...Show more

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9781912224265

Publisher

Edward Everett Root

Published year

2018

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1

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The Birth of a Consumer Society

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