Buying for the home : shopping for the domestic from the seventeenth century to the present /
This collection of essays explores connections between homemakers and retailers, between individual customers and manufacturers, and between the taste and outlooks of real householders and the published advice of 'tastemakers' and 'legislators' in books and magazines
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate Pub. Co.,
[2008], ©2008
Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008 Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : c2008 Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : [2008] |
| Series: | History of retailing and consumption
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Table of Contents:
- Shopping at first hand? Mistresses, servants and shopping for the household in early-modern England / Claire Walsh
- 'To families furnishing kitchens': domestic utensils and their use in the eighteenth-century home / Karin Dannehl
- Guns, horses and stylish waistcoats? Male consumer activity and domestic shopping in late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century England / David Hussey
- Liberty and lifestyle: shopping for art and luxury in nineteenth-century London / Sonia Ashmore
- 'Artistic and commercial' Japan: modernity, authenticity and Japanese leather paper / Yasuko Suga
- Desirable commodity or practical necessity? The sale and consumption of second-hand furniture, 1750-1900 / Clive Edwards and Margaret Ponsonby
- 'A pretty custom' updated: from 'going to housekeeping' to bridal showers in the United States, 1850s-1930s / Shirley Teresa Wajda
- Milkman always rang twice: the effects of changed provisioning on dutch domestic architecture / Irene Cieraad
- From Ground force to garden-making: how ordinary gardeners consume television lifestyle aesthetics / Lisa Taylor
- Taking a look at the wild side of DIY home decor / Judy Attfield
- Introduction: Between the Shop and the Home / David Hussey and Margaret Ponsonby
- Pt. 1 Retail Arenas and the 'Everyday'
- 1. Shopping at First Hand? Mistresses, Servants and Shopping for the Household in Early-Modern England / Claire Walsh
- 2. 'To Families Furnishing Kitchens': Domestic Utensils and their Use in the Eighteenth-Century Home / Karin Dannehl
- 3. Guns, Horses and Stylish Waistcoats? Male Consumer Activity and Domestic Shopping in Late-Eighteenth- and Early-Nineteenth-Century England / David Hussey
- Pt. 2. Shopping for Identities?
- 4. Liberty and Lifestyle: Shopping for Art and Luxury in Nineteenth-Century London / Sonia Ashmore
- 5. 'Artistic and Commercial' Japan: Modernity, Authenticity and Japanese Leather Paper / Yasuko Suga
- Pt. 3. Fashioning the Domestic: Making and Re-Making the Home through Consumption
- 6. Desirable Commodity or Practical Necessity? The Sale and Consumption of Second-Hand Furniture, 1750-1900 / Clive Edwards and Margaret Ponsonby
- 7. 'A Pretty Custom' Updated: From 'Going to Housekeeping' to Bridal Showers in the United States, 1850s-1930s / Shirley Teresa Wajda
- Pt. 4. Consumption for the Home as Cultural Practice
- 8. Milkman always Rang Twice: The Effects of Changed Provisioning on Dutch Domestic Architecture / Irene Cieraad
- 9. From Ground Force to Garden-Making: How Ordinary Gardeners Consume Television Lifestyle Aesthetics / Lisa Taylor
- 10. Taking a Look at the Wild Side of DIY Home Decor / Judy Attfield.