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Berg, Maxine, 1950-

Luxury and pleasure in eighteenth-century Britain [electronic resource] / Maxine Berg. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007. - 1 online resource (xvii, 373 p.) : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Maxine Berg explains how luxury possessions became a central part of 18th-century/middle-class British life. The book explores who owned these goods, what made them desirable, where they came from, and how they were made.

ISBN: 9780191695933 (ebook) : No price

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Consumption (Economics)--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Consumer goods--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Luxury goods industry--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Affluent consumers--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Middle class--History--Great Britain--18th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century.

LC Class. No.: HC260.C6

Dewey Class. No.: 339.47094109033