Retailing and the language of goods, 1550-1820
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Retailing and the language of goods, 1550-1820
（The history of retailing and consumption）
Ashgate, c2015
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-232) and index
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Description
In this book the author explores the various meanings assigned to goods sold retail from 1550 to 1820 and how their labels were understood. The first half of the book focuses on these labels and on mercantile language more broadly; how it was used in trade and how lexicographers and others approached what, for them, were new vocabularies. In the second half, the author turns to the goods themselves, and their relationships with terms such as 'luxury', 'choice' and 'love'; terms that were used as descriptors in marketing goods. The language of objects is a subject of ongoing interest and the study of consumables opens up new ways of looking at the everyday language of the early modern period as well as the experiences of trade and consumption for both merchant and consumer.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I The Language of Trade and Consumption
- Chapter 1 The Relationship between Labels and their Objects
- Chapter 2 Early Dictionaries and the Language of Trade and Industry
- Chapter 3 The Approach to Trade and Industry in Early-modern Encyclopaedias
- Chapter 4 Translating New Commodities
- Chapter 101 Interlude Two Case Studies
- Part II Things beyond Materiality
- Chapter 5 Deception and Misconception in the Production of Food and Drink
- Chapter 6 Choice and No Choice for the Poor
- Chapter 7 Small Luxuries for Ordinary People
- Chapter 8 Love and Marriage in the Market
- Chapter 102 Conclusion
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