The birth of a consumer society

Neil McKendrick Neil Dr McKendrick John Brewer J. H. Plumb First published 1982

About this book

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.

Subjects

18th century
business and politics
conditions économiques
consommateurs
consommation (économie politique)
consumer education
consumers
consumers, great britain
consumptiemaatschappij
consumption (economics)
economic conditions
economic history
england
great britain, economic conditions
great britain, economic conditions, 18th century
histoire
history
leisure
loisir