The birth of a consumer society
by Neil McKendrick, Neil Dr McKendrick, John Brewer, J. H. Plumb
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The thesis of the book, briefly stated, is that there was a consumer revolution in England during the 18th century, a revolution that (surprisingly) predated the advent of industrialization as well as the advent of mass production.
18th centuryConsumersConsumption (Economics)Economic conditionsEnglandHistoryLeisureConsommation (Économie politique)ConsumptiemaatschappijHistoireLoisirConsommateurs