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.
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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.
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Minor rubbing. Small label to rear cover. VG. 23x15cm, xi, 339 pp. Contents: Consumption & Culture: Changes in Consumption Patterns in Early Modern Europe; Culture & the Contexts of Consumption; Cultural Contexts; Meaning in Cultural Contexts; Changes in Cultural Contexts; Gentility: Status & Consumption; Samuel Pepys, Gentleman; Modes of Gentility; Silks & Calicoes; Underclothing; Luxury: The Context of Luxury in Early Modern Europe; Taste; Comfort & Convenience; Spice of Life; Sugar; The Contexts of Condiment Consumption; Virtue: Dr. Blankart's Perescription for Healthy Living; The Discourse of Virtue; "Bourgeois" Virtue; Tea, Coffee & Sugar; Cleanliness; Rational Masculinity: Coffeehouses; Coffee & the Context of Rational Masculinity; Tobacco; Domestic Feminity: Tea & Sympathy; Femininity; Domesticity & "Separate Spheres"; Civilization; Domesticity & Consumption; Breakfast; Respectability: Modern Times; Respectability, Social Structure, & Individual Status; Respectable Families; Respectability, Institutions & Professions; Conclusion: Gentility, Luxury, & Virtue; Makers of Respectability; Rational Masculinity & Domestic Feminity; Implications & Further Questions; Appendix.
