{"product_id":"cultural-history-of-shopping-in-the-age-of-enlightenment","title":"Cultural History of Shopping in the Age of Enlightenment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Shopping \u003c\/i\u003ewas a\u003ci\u003e Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best in Reference selection for 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The 'consumer revolution' of the 18th century has been the subject of much debate among historians but it seems clear there was also a 'retail revolution': a period of unprecedented growth in material goods was accompanied by a proliferation of retail spaces and techniques which brought new fashions and imported commodities to the homes of consumers. Governments responded to a growing culture of polite and civilized behavior across society by stimulating urban renewal for leisure and shopping: new pavements, street lighting, green promenades, theatres, coffee houses, and adjacent shopping streets were laid-out everywhere in Europe. As the 18th century drew to its close, ‘shopping’ had become a publicly accepted and celebrated leisure pursuit, gaining its proper meaning in multiple languages\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Cultural History of Shopping in the Age of Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e presents an overview of the period with themes addressing practices and processes; spaces and places; shoppers and identities; luxury and everyday; home and family; visual and literary representations; reputation, trust and credit; and governance, regulation and the state.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57256897970520,"sku":"9781350650190","price":32.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/cultural-history-of-shopping-in-the-age-of-enlightenment","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}