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Paperback: 392 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford; New edition edition (12 April 2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0199215286
ISBN-13: 978-0199215287
Product Dimensions: 15.6 x 23.4 x 2 cm
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...deserves to be the final word on the luxury debate in Britian (Martyn Powell, Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature )

Luxury and Pleasure is an interesting, accessible and well-illustrated synthesis of new research and recent writing, and helpfully concludes by pointing to further areas of research (Hannah Smith, History Journal )

Readers will find this book valuable (Joyce Burnette, English Historical Review )

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I read this book for a research paper on the Industrial Revolution. It is clearly written and does not try to intimidate readers with overly complicated prose that distract from the main arguments. It is repetitive at times, but overall moves along nicely. For anyone wishing to explore the role of consumerism and consumption in shaping the Industrial Revolution and British society, I would urge you to read this book. It certainly made me reconsider the function of shopping.

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