Necessary luxuries : books, literature, and the culture of consumption in Germany, 1770-1815 /

The consumer revolution of the eighteenth century brought new and exotic commodities to Europe from abroad--coffee, tea, spices, and new textiles to name a few. Yet one of the most widely distributed luxury commodities in the period was not new at all, and was produced locally: the book. In Necessar...

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Main Author: Erlin, Matt (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library, 2014.
Series:Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)
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