The pre-industrial consumer in England and America / Carole Shammas.

Main entry:

Shammas, Carole.

Title & Author:

The pre-industrial consumer in England and America / Carole Shammas.

Publication:

Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.

Description:

xi, 319 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Early Modern Economy and the Pre-industrial Consumer -- Part I, Demand: Household Production in Early Modern England -- Household Production in Colonial America -- Changes in Consumer Demand -- Part II, Trends in Consumption and the Standard of Living: Food Consumption, New Commodities, and the Transformation in Diet -- Housing, Consumer Durables, and the Domestic Environment -- Part III, Distribution: Hierarchically Structured Demand and Distribution -- The Rise of the English Country Shop -- Colonial Retailing -- Conclusion: Economic History, Economic Theory, and Consumption -- Appendices -- Index.

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ISBN:

0198283024
9780198283027

Subject:

Consumption (Economics) Great Britain History 18th century.
Consumption (Economics) United States History 18th century.
Home-based businesses Great Britain History 18th century.
Home-based businesses United States History 18th century.
Cost and standard of living Great Britain History 18th century.
Cost and standard of living United States History 18th century.
Consumption (Economics) History.
Consommation (Économie politique) Grande-Bretagne Histoire 18e siècle.
Consommation (Économie politique) États-Unis Histoire 18e siècle.
Entreprises établies à domicile Grande-Bretagne Histoire 18e siècle.
Entreprises établies à domicile États-Unis Histoire 18e siècle.
Coût et niveau de la vie Grande-Bretagne Histoire 18e siècle.
Coût et niveau de la vie États-Unis Histoire 18e siècle.
Consumption (Economics)
Cost and standard of living.
Home-based businesses.
Verbrauch
Ländlicher Raum
Wirtschaft
Consumptie.
Huisindustrie.
Geschichte (1550-1800)
Geschichte (1660-1800)
Geschichte (1500-1800)
Geschichte (1621-1774)
Great Britain.
United States.
Großbritannien
England
USA
Consumer goods Consumption Social aspects, history

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 176940
Call No.: ID HC260.C6; ID:98-B3176
Status: Available

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