The industrious revolution consumer behavior and the household economy, 1650 to the present

In the long eighteenth century, new consumer aspirations combined with a new industrious behavior to fundamentally alter the material cultures of northwest Europe and North America. This “industrious revolution†is the context in which the economic acceleration associated with the Industrial Revo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Vries, Jan, 1943- (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press 2008
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Online Access:Sumario
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Table of Contents:
  • The transformation of consumer desire in the long eighteenth century
  • The origins of the industrious revolution
  • The industrious revolution : the supply of labor
  • The industrious revolution : consumer demand
  • The breadwinner-homemaker household
  • A second industrious revolution?