Matt Erlin: 1 book
Necessary Luxuries
Books, Literature, and the Culture of Consumption in Germany, 1770–1815
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
The consumer revolution of the eighteenth century brought new and exotic commodities to Europe from abroad—coffee, tea, spices, and new textiles to name a few. Yet one of the most widely distributed luxury commodities in the period was not new at all, and was produced locally—the book. In Necessary...
