This enormously influential book by three leading historians was a revolution in the understanding of commercialisation and the economy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and the consumer revolution.Neil McKendrick studies the fashion and the pottery industries, and created a new framework for enquiring into fundamental issues. John Brewer examines the commercialisation and politics. J.H. Plumb considers the social; changes brought about by commercialization, looking in particular at leisure, the `new world' of children, and the acceptance of modernity.

The Birth of a Consumer Society: The Commercialization of Eighteenth-century England

Politics & Social Sciences

McKendrick, Neil

PLUMB, J.H.

Brewer,John

Social Sciences

HarperCollins, Publishers

Hardcover with dust jacket. G/G. Foxed and yellowed to edges of leaves. Dust jacket slightly edge worn, and faded to edges and spine; covered with mylar.

The Birth of a Consumer Society: The Commercialization of Eighteenth Century England

History

Indiana Univ. Pr

Historical Perspectives: Studies in English Thought and Society in Honour of J.H. Plumb

Taylor&Francis

This enormously influential book by three leading historians was a revolution in the understanding of commercialisation and the economy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and the consumer revolution.Neil McKendrick studies the fashion and the pottery industries, and created a new framework for enquiring into fundamental issues. John Brewer examines the commercialisation and politics. J.H. Plumb considers the social; changes brought about by commercialization, looking in particular at leisure, the `new world' of children, and the acceptance of modernity.

Business & Money

Economics

Edward Everett Root

Plumb, J.

A wine fairy tale - you have a seat at the table of some legendary meals with some of the greatest Bordeaux vintages ever tasted 1865, 1929, 1945, 1961, 1985, 1990… the highlights of these six famous Bordeaux vintages are revealed Forewords by Hugh Johnson and Andrew Roberts, giving both the context of the wines and of the social history captured by the club For all lovers of fine wine, this is a wine book classic 
“Associations and societies such as the Bordeaux Club are the very acme of civilization. Botticelli and Bach were engaged in the eternal quest for truth and beauty in painting and music, and the Bordeaux Club did the same for viniculture.” – Andrew Roberts\nThe story of 12 friends who gathered to share and celebrate the extraordinary wines of Bordeaux. Like-minded in their love of wine, they differed wildly (often alarmingly!) in their personal wealth, life and circumstances – their opinions, always voiced, had the power to ignite anger and divide friendships just as easily as they bound them together. Neil McKendrick, member and minute-taker for 57 of the Club's 70 extraordinary years, weaves the tale of this convivial group with the rigour of a Cambridge academic (he is ex-Master of Gonville and Caius) and the humor of a born raconteur. Alongside the likes of Hugh Johnson, Steven Spurrier and Michael Broadbent, he celebrates the beauty of top-class Bordeaux and the splendour of each setting – from glorious country park to rickety Dickensian boardroom – in which these men were lucky enough to dine, serving up memories of vintages the like of which we will never see again.

The Bordeaux Club: The convivial adventures of 12 friends and the world's finest wine

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Beverages & Wine

Académie du Vin Library

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