In A History of Global Consumption: 1500 – 1800, Ina Baghdiantz McCabe examines the history of consumption throughout the early modern period using a combinat
The term 'consumption' covers the desire for goods and services, their acquisition, use, and disposal. The study of consumption has grown enormously in recent y
The desire to acquire luxury goods and leisure services is a basic force in modern life. This work explores both the historical origins and world-wide appeal of
The United States has been near the forefront of global consumption trends since the 1700s, and for the past century and more, Americans have been the world’s
The study of past society in terms of what it consumes rather than what it produces is - relatively speaking - a new development. The focus on consumption chang