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Luxury in the eighteenth century

Maxine Berg, Elizabeth Eger · 2007

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Luxury was the keyword for the 18th century. This volume explores the political, economic, moral and intellectual effects of the production and consumption of luxury goods, tying the concept of luxury to contemporary discourse on taste, civility and sensibility, aesthetics and literary genres.

Book details

Year
2007
Language
English
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Editions
2
Pages
272
ISBN
9780230517790

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