Material Culture in Europe and China, 1400-1800: The Rise of Consumerism
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by Samuel Adrian M. Adshead, S. A. M. Adshead
Material Culture in Europe and China, 1400-1800: The Rise of Consumerism FROM THE CRITICS Booknews
A broad overview of food, dress, shelter, utilities, information and
commodity symbolism which argues that consumerism began in an
interaction between Europe and China during the Great Discoveries. A
comparison of its subsequent development in both west and east
highlights both the unity and diversity of consumerism, as well as
patterns of consumption and the reasons for them. The study
demonstrates that consumerism must be appreciated as a phenomenon of
the mind before its current constructive role in the material world
can be understood.
Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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