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Roche, Daniel

 
9780521633291: A History of Everyday Things. The Birth of Consumption in France, 1600-1800
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ISBN 10 : 052163329X ISBN 13 : 9780521633291
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Things which we regard as the everyday objects of consumption (and hence re-purchase), and essential to any decent, civilised lifestyle, have not always been so: in former times, everyday objects would have passed from one generation to another, without anyone dreaming of acquiring new ones. How, therefore, have people in the modern world become 'prisoners of objects', as Rousseau put it? The celebrated French cultural historian Daniel Roche answers this fundamental question using insights from economics, politics, demography and geography, as well as his own extensive historical knowledge. Professor Roche places familiar objects and commodities - houses, clothes, water - in their wider historical and anthropological contexts, and explores the origins of some of the daily furnishings of modern life. A History of Everyday Things is a pioneering essay that sheds light on the origins of the consumer society and its social and political repercussions, and thereby the birth of the modern world.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Things which we regard as the everyday objects of consumption (and hence re-purchase), and essential to any decent, civilised lifestyle, have not always been so: in former times, everyday objects would have passed from one generation to another, without anyone dreaming of acquiring new ones. How, therefore, have people in the modern world become 'prisoners of objects', as Rousseau put it? The celebrated French cultural historian Daniel Roche answers this fundamental question using insights from economics, politics, demography and geography, as well as his own extensive historical knowledge. Professor Roche places familiar objects and commodities - houses, clothes, water - in their wider historical and anthropological contexts, and explores the origins of some of the daily furnishings of modern life. A History of Everyday Things is a pioneering essay that sheds light on the origins of the consumer society and its social and political repercussions, and thereby the birth of the modern world.

Revue de presse

'... an excellent introduction to the cultural history that is being practised in France today.' The Times Literary Supplement

'... this is an important contribution to a 'hot' topic.' History

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
052163329X
ISBN 13 
9780521633291
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
308
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0521633591 ISBN 13 :  9780521633598
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008
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