Format:
1 online resource (369 pages)
ISBN:
9780191640278
Content:
The first ever global history of luxury, from Roman villas to Russian oligarchs: a sparkling story of novelty, excess, extravagance, and indulgence through the centuries
Content:
Cover -- Half Title Page -- PRAISE FOR LUXURY: A RICH HISTORY -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- Introduction. Luxury: A Rich History and a History of Riches -- 1. Luxury, Antiquity, and the Allure of the Antique -- 2. Luxury, the Church, and the Court in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance -- 3. Luxury and the Exotic: The Appeal of the Orient -- 4. Housing Luxury: From the Hôtel Particulier to the Manhattan Cooperatives
Content:
5. Luxury and Decadence at the Turn of the Twentieth Century -- 6. Between False Poverty and Old Opulence: Luxury Society in the Twentieth Century -- 7. Everything that Money Can Buy? Understanding Contemporary Luxury -- 8. Luxury Capitalism: The Magic World of the Luxury Brands -- Conclusion. Luxury: Towards a Richer History -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Picture Credits -- Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199663248
Additional Edition:
McNeil, Peter, 1966 - Luxury Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016 ISBN 0199663246
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199663248
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe McNeil, Peter, 1966 - Luxury Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016 ISBN 0199663246
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199663248
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Ethnology
Keywords:
Luxus
;
Geschichte
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
URL:
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Author information:
McNeil, Peter 1966-
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