Household gods
the British and their possessions
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Word Count
74,000 words, Guess
Page Count
296 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL22741489M
- ISBN-100300112130
- OCLC Control Number67773723
- OCLC Control Numberhouseholdgodsbri0000cohe
- Library of Congress Control Number2006012782
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- LibraryThing2080309
- Goodreads426523
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- LCCDA
Description
At what point did the British develop their mania for interiors, wallpaper, furniture, and decoration? Why have the middle classes developed so passionate an attachment to the contents of their homes? This absorbing book offers surprising answers to these questions, uncovering the roots of todays consumer society and investigating the forces that shape consumer desires. Richly illustrated, Household Gods chronicles a hundred years of British interiors, focusing on class, choice, shopping, and possessions.Exploring a wealth of unusual records and archives, Deborah Cohen locates the source of modern consumerism and materialism in early nineteenth-century religious fervor. Over the course of the Victorian era, consumerism shed the taint of sin to become the preeminent means of expressing individuality. The book ranges from musty antique shops to luxurious emporia, from suburban semi-detached houses to elegant city villas, from husbands fretting about mante
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