| Description |
xiv, 271 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Ideas in context ; 30 |
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Ideas in context ; 30.
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| Contents |
pt. I. Preliminary Essay. 1. Luxury goods -- pt. II. The Classical Paradigm. 2. The Platonic prelude. 3. The Roman response. 4. The Christian contribution -- pt. III. The Transition to Modernity. 5. The de-moralisation of luxury. 6. The eighteenth-century debate. 7. The historicity of needs -- pt. IV. Politics, Needs and Desires. 8. Luxury and the politics of needs and desires. 9. Luxury, necessity and social identity. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-259) and index. |
| Subject |
Luxury -- History.
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| ISBN |
0521454484 hardback |
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0521466911 paperback |
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