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Author Jardine, Lisa.

Title Worldly goods : a new history of the Renaissance / Lisa Jardine.

Publication Info. New York : Nan A. Talese, [1996]
©1996

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.21 J284    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  940.2 JAR    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  940.21 JAR    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  940.21 J37W    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description xxvi, 470 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Contents 1. Conditions for Change: Goods in Profusion -- 2. The Price of Magnificence -- 3. The Triumph of the Book -- 4. Learning to Be Civilized -- 5. New Expertise for Sale -- 6. A Culture of Commodities -- 7. Mapping the Heavens -- 8. Conspicuous Consumption.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-452) and index.
Subject Renaissance.
Economic history -- 15th century.
Economic history -- 16th century.
ISBN 0385476841 alkaline paper
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