Culture in History

Production, Consumption and Values in Historical Perspective

Häftad, Engelska, 1992

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This volume of interdisciplinary essays brings together leading academics from the fields of history, economic history, politics and sociology to review and take forward a series of debates on the role of culture in social explanation. The book is aimed at those involved in cultural studies, but is particularly concerned with the relationship between the economic and the cultural. The contributors suggest that the boundaries of production and consumption are themselves cultural constructs, formed by changing conceptions of economic and cultural explanation, but offer very different approaches to resolving the problems created by this.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1992-07-01
Mått142 x 224 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor248
FörlagLiverpool University Press
ISBN9780859893800

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Part 1The problem of culture: momentum and history, Stephen MennellPrices as descriptions - reasons as explanations, Iain Hampsher-Monk.Part 2Production and culture: culture, environment and the historical lag in Asia's industrialization, Eric L. JonesCultural values and entrepreneurial action - the case of the Irish Republic, Paul KeatingEmployers, workplace culture and workers' politics, British industry and workers' welfare programmes, 1870-1920, Joseph MellingCultural influences on economic action, Sidney Pollard.Part 3Consumption and culture: excess, frugality and the spirit of Capitalism - readings of mandeville on commercial society, Dario CastiglioneAddicted to modernity - nervousness in the early consumer society, Roy PorterBourgeois production and realist styles of art, Robert WitkinSetting up the seen, Philip CorriganIndex