Consumption and the country house / Jon Stobart and Mark Rothery.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191793219 (ebook) :.Subject(s): England -- Economic conditions -- 18th century
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ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Focussing on three families and drawing on detailed analysis of account books, receipted bills, household inventories, diaries and correspondence, 'Consumption and the Country House' charts the spending patterns of the landed aristocracy of Georgian England during the so-called consumer revolution of the eighteenth century.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 15, 2016).