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Of Consuming Interests: The Style of Life in the Eighteenth Century (Perspectives on the American Revolution)
Of Consuming Interests The Style of Life in the Eighteenth Century - Perspectives on the American Revolution Author:Cary Carson, Ronald Hoffman This collection examines 18th-century material culture. Through a dissection of colonial manners, goods and social institutions, it traces the rise of America's aggressive bourgeois consumerism. The essays touch on fashion, home furnishings, architecture, advertising, sports and shopping.