Taking English towns as its scene, this inspiring study focuses on moments of consumption – selecting and purchasing goods, attending plays, promenading – and explores the ways in which these were related together through the spaces of the town: the shop, the theatre and the street. Using this fresh form of analysis, it has much to say about sociability, politeness and respectability in the eighteenth century.
Taking English towns as its scene, this inspiring study focuses on moments of consumption – selecting and purchasing goods, attending plays, promenading – and explores the ways in which these were related together through the spaces of the town: the shop, the theatre and the street. Using this fresh form of analysis, it has much to say about sociability, politeness and respectability in the eighteenth century.
Spaces of Consumption: Leisure and Shopping in the English Town, c.1680-1830
256Spaces of Consumption: Leisure and Shopping in the English Town, c.1680-1830
256Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780415424561 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 06/21/2007 |
Pages: | 256 |
Product dimensions: | 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d) |