A consumer revolution in Huntingdonshire?
The article discusses consumerism and consumer society in Huntingdonshire, England and sections of Yorkshire, England in the eighteenth century. It examines several consumer goods, including clocks, forks, and teapots. The author comments on factors concerning class and rank and explores differences...
| Publicado en: | Local Historian Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 229 - 239 |
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British Association for Local History
Aug2011
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| Sumario: | The article discusses consumerism and consumer society in Huntingdonshire, England and sections of Yorkshire, England in the eighteenth century. It examines several consumer goods, including clocks, forks, and teapots. The author comments on factors concerning class and rank and explores differences between rural areas and market towns. He particularly compares his study to one by historians Mark Overton and Jane Whittle on the English counties of Cornwall and Kent. Probate inventories are considered as sources. |
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