The Birth of a Consumer Society: The Commercialization of Eighteenth-century England

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: Neil McKendrick, John Of Cultural Hist Brewer, Jh Plumb
Publisher: Edward Everett Root
Published: 09/15/2018
Pages: 410
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.84d
ISBN13: 9781912224265
ISBN10: 1912224267
BISAC Categories:
- History | Social History
- Business & Economics | Economic History

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