Luxury in Global Perspective: Objects and Practices, 1600–2000 - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1107108322 ISBN 13 : 9781107108325

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Global history is predicated on connections and exchange: how connections between far-flung people, places, and objects are forged through a variety of exchanges. As world history has matured as a field, its practitioners have found the movement of commodities between peoples, places, and time a fruitful vehicle for research and teaching. Studies of 'bulk' items like salt, spices, coffee, and other globally-traded commodities abound, but few scholars have examined the role of luxury goods from a global perspective. This anthology charts the many different contexts in which luxury objects have been used across the globe, ranging from the social practices linked to these objects to their production, exchange, and consumption, as well as how these practices varied over time and space and how different societies attributed diverse meanings to the same objects. Using luxury goods as a conduit, Luxury in Global Perspective enriches our understanding of global history.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Karin Hofmeester is senior researcher at the International Institute of Social History (IISH) in Amsterdam and Professor of Jewish Culture at Antwerp University.

Bernd-Stefan Grewe is Professor of Modern History and Didactics of History at the University of Education in Freiburg, Germany.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1107108322
• ISBN 13: 9781107108325
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 338
• Éditeur: Hofmeester Karin, Grewe Bernd-Stefan
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