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  • Sugar and Spice

    Grocers and Groceries in Provincial England, 1650-1830

    by Jon Stobart ...
    Consumers in eighteenth-century England were firmly embedded in an expanding world of goods, one that incorporated a range of novel foods (tobacco, chocolate, coffee, and tea) and new supplies of more established commodities, including sugar, spices, and dried fruits. Much has been written about the attraction of these goods, which went from being novelties or expensive luxuries in the mid ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

  • Spaces of Consumption

    Leisure and Shopping in the English Town, c.1680–1830

    by Jon Stobart, Andrew Hann, Victoria Morgan ...
    Consumption is well established as a key theme in the study of the eighteenth century. Spaces of Consumption brings a new dimension to this subject by looking at it spatially.Taking English towns as its scene, this inspiring study focuses on moments of consumption – selecting and purchasing goods, attending plays, promenading – and explores the ways in which these were related together through the ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Consumption and the Country House

    by Jon Stobart, Mark Rothery ...
    This study explores the consumption practices of the landed aristocracy of Georgian England. Focussing on three families and drawing on detailed analysis of account books, receipted bills, household inventories, diaries and correspondence, Consumption and the Country House charts the spending patterns of this elite group during the so-called consumer revolution of the eighteenth century. Generally ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Urban Fortunes

    Property and Inheritance in the Town, 1700–1900

    by Jon Stobart, Alastair Owens ...
    Series series Historical Urban Studies Series
    Property is central to any historical analyses of production, reproduction and consumption. It lies at the heart of discussions of material culture, class relations and the household economy. Recent work has begun to look beyond the acquisition and possession of goods to examine what the disposal, transmission and giving of property might tell us about changing society and culture. This landmark ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Life in the Georgian Parsonage

    Morals, Material Goods and the English Clergy

    by Professor Jon Stobart ...
    An innovative approach in the field of material culture and consumption studies, Life in the Georgian Parsonage looks at the houses, consumption and lifestyle of Church of England clergy in the long 18th century, linking moral debates and popular representations of the clergy to the material culture of their houses and their motivations as consumers.By focusing on ethical and moral dimensions of ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Women and the Land, 1500-1900

    by Amanda L. Capern, Joan Heggie, Jon Stobart, Judith L. Malay, Judith Spicksley, Stephen Bending, Briony McDonagh, Jennifer Aston0, Amanda Flather1, Amy Erickson2, Janet Casson3 ...
    Women and the Land examines the pre-history of gendered property relations in England, focusing on the four-hundred-year period between roughly 1500 and 1900. More specifically, the book is about how gender shaped opportunities for and experiences of owning property, particularly for women. The focus is especially on land, residential buildings and commercial property, but livestock, common and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Auctions and Households in the Eighteenth-Century World

    Comparative Perspectives from Across the Globe, 1700–1850

    Edited by Bruno Blondé, Anne Sophie Overkamp, Jon Stobart ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies
    The long eighteenth century is often seen as a time when consumption was driven by novelty, fashion and an expanding world of goods. This book takes an innovative approach to the supply of and demand for consumer goods in this period by exploring the nature, organisation and experience of household sales: events where used goods re-entered the market.These sales took place in a wide variety of ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Comfort in the Eighteenth-Century Country House

    by Jon Stobart ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies
    Country houses were grand statements of power and status, but they were also places where people lived. This book traces the changes in layout, the new technologies, and the innovations in furniture that made them more convenient and comfortable. It argues that these material changes were just one aspect of comfort in the country house: feeling comfortable was just as important as being ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Travel and the British country house

    Cultures, critiques and consumption in the long eighteenth century

    Edited by Jon Stobart ...
    Travel and the British country house explores the ways in which travel by owners, visitors and material objects shaped country houses during the long eighteenth century. It provides a richer and more nuanced understanding of this relationship, and how it varied according to the identity of the traveller and the geography of their journeys. The essays explore how travel on the Grand Tour, and ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

  • A Taste for Luxury in Early Modern Europe

    Display, Acquisition and Boundaries

    Edited by Dr Johanna Ilmakunnas, Professor Jon Stobart ...
    Jon Stobart and Johanna Ilmakunnas bring together a range of scholars from across mainland Europe and the UK to examine luxury and taste in early modern Europe.In the 18th century, debates raged about the economic, social and moral impacts of luxury, whilst taste was viewed as a refining influence and a marker of rank and status. This book takes a fresh, comparative approach to these ideas, ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • The Comforts of Home in Western Europe, 1700-1900

    Edited by Professor Jon Stobart ...
    Comfort, both physical and affective, is a key aspect in our conceptualization of the home as a place of emotional attachment, yet its study remains under-developed in the context of the European house. In this volume, Jon Stobart has assembled an international cast of contributors to discuss the ways in which architectural and spatial innovations coupled with the emotional assemblage of objects ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Micro-geographies of the Western City, c.1750–1900

    Edited by Alida Clemente, Dag Lindström, Jon Stobart ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Historical Geography
    This book examines the overlapping spaces in modern Western cities to explore the small-scale processes that shaped these cities between c.1750 and 1900. It highlights the ways in which time and space matter, framing individual actions and practices and their impact on larger urban processes.It draws on the original and detailed studies of cities in Europe and North America through a micro ... Read more

    $62.99 USD