A HISTORY OF EVERY DAY THINGS - THE BIRTH OF CONSUMPTION IN FRANCE, 1600-1800

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Like New: A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket ...
Educational Level
College
Subject
Europe / France, Economics / General, Europe / General
Product Type
Textbook
ISBN
9780521633598
EAN
9780521633598
Subject Area
Business & Economics, History
Publication Name
History of Everyday Things : the Birth of Consumption in France, 1600-1800
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Item Length
9.4 in
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Daniel Roche
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
Item Width
5.7 in
Number of Pages
320 Pages
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521633591
ISBN-13
9780521633598
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1631700

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Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
History of Everyday Things : the Birth of Consumption in France, 1600-1800
Subject
Europe / France, Economics / General, Europe / General
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Author
Daniel Roche
Subject Area
Business & Economics, History
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
5.7 in

Additional Product Features

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Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
99-023258
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Excellent and provocative....The text is clear and well organized, and the translation is excellent." Journal of Anthropological Research, '... an excellent introduction to the cultural history that is being practised in France today.' Times Literary Supplement, "To read Roche is to see les choses banales-"everyday things"-in a new light, to understand their evolution, to grasp their significance as historical markers, and most of all, to appreciate how much twentieth century consumer society takes them for granted." Benjamin F. Martin, '... an excellent introduction to the cultural history that is being practised in France today.'Times Literary Supplement, '… an excellent introduction to the cultural history that is being practised in France today.' Times Literary Supplement, ‘… an excellent introduction to the cultural history that is being practised in France today.’Times Literary Supplement
TitleLeading
A
Illustrated
Yes
Original Language
French
Dewey Decimal
339.470944
Table Of Content
Introduction; Part I. Production and Consumption: 1. The natural framework and the human framework; 2. Towns, trade and inventions; 3. Ordinary consumption and luxury consumption; Part II. Ordinary Life: 4. Rural and urban housing; 5. Lighting and heating; 6. Water and its uses; 7. Furniture and objects; 8. Clothing and appearances; 9. Bread, wine, taste; Conclusion.
Synopsis
A History of Everyday Things is a pioneering essay by one of the world's leading cultural historians that sheds light on the origins of the consumer society, and thereby the birth of the modern world. Things that we regard as the everyday objects of consumption have not always been so: how, therefore, have people in the modern world become "prisoners of objects," as Rousseau put it? Daniel Roche answers this fundamental question of historical anthropology, and imaginatively explores the origins of the daily furnishings of modern life., Daniel Roche examines the birth of the consumer society using insights from economics, culture, politics, demography and geography, as well as his extensive historical knowledge. He offers a well-crafted overview of an impressive body of social, cultural and economic history, placing familiar objects in their wider historical and anthropological contexts., Things which we regard as the everyday objects of consumption (and hence re-purchase), and essential to any decent, civilised lifestyle, have not always been so: in former times, everyday objects would have passed from one generation to another, without anyone dreaming of acquiring new ones. How, therefore, have people in the modern world become 'prisoners of objects', as Rousseau put it? The celebrated French cultural historian Daniel Roche answers this fundamental question using insights from economics, politics, demography and geography, as well as his own extensive historical knowledge. Professor Roche places familiar objects and commodities - houses, clothes, water - in their wider historical and anthropological contexts, and explores the origins of some of the daily furnishings of modern life. A History of Everyday Things is a pioneering essay that sheds light on the origins of the consumer society and its social and political repercussions, and thereby the birth of the modern world.
LC Classification Number
HC79.C6 R613 2000

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