A Cultural History of Shopping in the Early Modern Age
Seiten
2024
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-02698-8 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-02698-8 (ISBN)
This volume charts the development of shopping as a cultural practice in the years between 1450 and 1650.
A Cultural History of Shopping was a Library Journal Best in Reference selection for 2022.
Across Europe, the Early Modern period was marked by political, religious and cultural upheaval, and saw the emergence of the first global economy, developments which profoundly impacted how people shopped and what they were able to buy. This volume engages with the key debates around continuity and change in consumer behavior in the ‘long 16th century’ and the ways in which shopping became an educational and exciting act for many women, men and children across the social spectrum: shops and market stalls were filled with an increasingly wide range of goods made by skilled craftspeople and transported by merchants making evermore ambitious and lucrative journeys across the world. Even servants and the poor were exposed to these new things, for they could consume by eye and ear what they could not afford to take home in material form. Although they did not yet have a word for the activity of “shopping,” in this period men and women came to understand that this activity was more than a functional act to acquire necessities.
A Cultural History of Shopping in the Early Modern Age presents an overview of the period with themes addressing practices and processes; spaces and places; shoppers and identities; luxury and everyday; home and family; visual and literary representations; reputation, trust and credit; and governance, regulation and the state.
A Cultural History of Shopping was a Library Journal Best in Reference selection for 2022.
Across Europe, the Early Modern period was marked by political, religious and cultural upheaval, and saw the emergence of the first global economy, developments which profoundly impacted how people shopped and what they were able to buy. This volume engages with the key debates around continuity and change in consumer behavior in the ‘long 16th century’ and the ways in which shopping became an educational and exciting act for many women, men and children across the social spectrum: shops and market stalls were filled with an increasingly wide range of goods made by skilled craftspeople and transported by merchants making evermore ambitious and lucrative journeys across the world. Even servants and the poor were exposed to these new things, for they could consume by eye and ear what they could not afford to take home in material form. Although they did not yet have a word for the activity of “shopping,” in this period men and women came to understand that this activity was more than a functional act to acquire necessities.
A Cultural History of Shopping in the Early Modern Age presents an overview of the period with themes addressing practices and processes; spaces and places; shoppers and identities; luxury and everyday; home and family; visual and literary representations; reputation, trust and credit; and governance, regulation and the state.
Tim Reinke-Williams is Senior Lecturer in History, University of Northampton, UK.
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface, Jon Stobart
Introduction, Tim Reinke-Williams
1. Practices and Processes, Bruno Blondé, Julie De Groot and Peter Stabel
2. Spaces and Places, Nancy Cox and Tim Reinke-Williams
3. Shoppers and Identities, Ian W. Archer
4. Luxury and Everyday, Katherine M. Tycz
5. Home and Family, Maria Cannon
6. Visual and Literary Representations, Sophie Pitman
7. Reputation, Trust and Credit, James E. Shaw
8. Governance, Regulation and the State, Aaron Allen
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.05.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The Cultural Histories Series |
| Mitarbeit |
Herausgeber (Serie): Professor Jon Stobart |
| Zusatzinfo | 29 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 169 x 244 mm |
| Themenwelt | Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-02698-0 / 1350026980 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-02698-8 / 9781350026988 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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