Spaces of Consumption: Leisure and Shopping in the English Town, c.1680–1830
Spaces of Consumption: Leisure and Shopping in the English Town, c.1680–1830 by Victoria Morgan, Jon Stobart, Andrew Hann
English | August 14, 2007 | ISBN: 0415424569, 0415424550 | PDF | 256 pages | 4 MB
English | August 14, 2007 | ISBN: 0415424569, 0415424550 | PDF | 256 pages | 4 MB
Consumption is well established as a key theme in the study of the eighteenth century. Spaces of Consumption brings a new dimension to this subject by looking at it spatially.
Taking English towns as its scene, this inspiring study focuses on moments of consumption – selecting and purchasing goods, attending plays, promenading – and explores the ways in which these were related together through the spaces of the town: the shop, the theatre and the street. Using this fresh form of analysis, it has much to say about sociability, politeness and respectability in the eighteenth century.