Of Consuming Interests: The Style of Life in the Eighteenth Century: No 10 (Perspectives on the American Revolution) - Softcover
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This collection examines 18th-century material culture. Through a dissection of colonial manners, goods and social institutions, it traces the rise of America's aggressive bourgeois consumerism. The essays touch on fashion, home furnishings, architecture, advertising, sports and shopping.
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Of Consuming Interests: The Style of Life in the Eighteenth Century
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University Press of Virginia for the United States Capitol Historical Society, Charlottesville, VA, 1994
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ISBN 13: 9780813914732
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OF CONSUMING INTERESTS: The Style of Life in Eighteenth Century [Perspectives on the American Revolution]
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ISBN 13: 9780813914732
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Of Consuming Interests: The Style of Life in the Eighteenth Century
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University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1994
ISBN 10: 0813914736
ISBN 13: 9780813914732
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Softcover. Cream card wraps with blue/white illustration and blue/black lettering. 721 pp. with several bw illustrations, not numbered. The thirteen contributors address the pressing issues of dining, dress, and lifestyle through an examination of American material culture in the 18th century. Through a dissection of colonial manners, goods, and social institutions, the book traces the rise of America's special brand of aggressive bourgeois consumerism. (dj). VG- (Unbroken spine, clean and bright but with ownership information on half title and light general shelf wear). Seller Inventory # 154003
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Of Consuming Interests: The Style of Life in the Eighteenth Century (Perspectives on the American Revolution)
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