consumer behavior and the household economy, 1650 to the present /
Jan de Vries.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
xii, 327 pages :
illustrations ;
23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-313) and index.
The transformation of consumer desire in the long eighteenth century -- The origins of the industrious revolution -- The industrious revolution : the supply of labor -- The industrious revolution : consumer demand -- The breadwinner-homemaker household -- A second industrious revolution?
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De Vries traces the evolution of an 'industrious revolution' that fundamentally altered the material cultures of Europe and North America.