Temples Of Luxury

This two volume collection of British primary sources examines luxury institutions such as hotels and department stores in the long nineteenth century. This period was marked not only by an increase of individual consumerism but also by the institutionalisation of opulent, often purpose-built spaces of consumption. This edition seeks to explore a fascinating but hitherto often neglected side of the British nineteenth century by bringing together a collection of annotated primary texts and visual material documenting these temples of luxury" as they were seen by their contemporaries"--

• | Author: Susanne Schmid|Lise Sanders
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Nov 30, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 448 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0367425874
• | ISBN-13: 9780367425876