The idea of luxury : a conceptual and historical investigation / Christopher J. Berry.

Author
Berry, Christopher J. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Description
xiv, 271 pages ; 23 cm.

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    Series
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-259) and index.
    Contents
    • Pt. I. Preliminary Essay. 1. Luxury goods
    • Pt. II. The Classical Paradigm. 2. The Platonic prelude. 3. The Roman response. 4. The Christian contribution
    • Pt. III. The Transition to Modernity. 5. The de-moralisation of luxury. 6. The eighteenth-century debate. 7. The historicity of needs
    • Pt. IV. Politics, Needs and Desires. 8. Luxury and the politics of needs and desires. 9. Luxury, necessity and social identity.
    ISBN
    • 0521454484 (hardback)
    • 0521466911 (paperback)
    LCCN
    93032166
    OCLC
    28800389
    RCP
    C - S
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