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The Origins of the Consumer Revolution in England: From Brass Pots to Clocks book cover

1st Edition

The Origins of the Consumer Revolution in England From Brass Pots to Clocks

By Joanne Sear, Ken Sneath Copyright 2020
336 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

336 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

336 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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... Read more

Introduction

1. The consumer revolution

2. Sources and interpretations

3. Food and drink

4. Clothing

5. The home environment

6. Religious consumption

7. When and where did the consumer revolution take place?

8 Social groups

9. Who benefited from the revolution?

10. Conclusions

Appendix

Glossary

Index

 

Biography

Joanne Sear teaches a range of local history courses at the Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge. Her research focusses on consumption and trade in the Middle Ages and she is currently working on a volume on the manorial records of late medieval Newmarket.

Ken Sneath lectures in early modern history at the University of Cambridge and was formerly Assistant Director of Studies for Economic History at Peterhouse College. Ken has published articles on consumption and is a contributor to the forthcoming volume on the Huntingdonshire Hearth Tax.

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