Beginning with an overview of the history of consumption and the major theorists, such as Bourdieu, Elias and Barthes, who have shaped its development as a field, Baghdiantz McCabe approaches the subject through a clear chronological framework. Supplemented by illlustrations in every chapter and ranging in scope from an analysis of the success of American commodities such as tobacco, sugar and chocolate in Europe and Asia to a discussion of the Dutch tulip mania, A History of Global Consumption: 1500 - 1800 is the perfect guide for all students interested in the social, cultural and economic history of the early modern period.
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Dr Eli Rubin, Western Michigan University, USA
'Approaching her subject through a clear chronological framework, Baghdiantz McCabe shows that consumption was not merely a dependent variable in...broad[er] evolution but in some significant instances an independent variable capable of powering its own significant social and economic consequences...this book will be of use to those interested in the social and economic history of the early modern period. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above.'
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