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Luxury in Global Perspective: Objects and Practices, 1600–2000
Karin Hofmeester
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Description for Luxury in Global Perspective: Objects and Practices, 1600–2000
hardcover. Using luxury goods as a conduit, Luxury in Global Perspective enriches our understanding of global history. Editor(s): Hofmeester, Karin; Grewe, Bernd-Stefan. Series: Studies in Comparative World History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 b/w illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 3J; HBG; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Comparative World History
Number of Pages
338
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107108325
SKU
V9781107108325
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99-14
About Karin Hofmeester
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.
Reviews for Luxury in Global Perspective: Objects and Practices, 1600–2000
'By identifying 'luxuries' with the shopping habits of rich people, historians may miss noticing how important these goods were in shaping world trade and mass consumption. This collection of impressively researched studies restores to luxuries their real significance in global history.' Tirthankar Roy, London School of Economics and Political Science 'In this fascinating volume, Grewe and Hofmeester chart the global ... Read more