Consumption and the Making of Respectability, 1600-1800.

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CONSUMPTION AND THE MAKING OF RESPECTABILITY,1600-1800; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbrevations; Introduction; 1. Consumption and Culture; Changes in Consumption Patterns in Early Modern Europe; Culture and the Contexts of Consumption; Cultural Contexts; Components of Cultural Contexts; Meaning in Cultural Contexts; Changes in Cultural Contexts; 2. Gentility; Status and Consumption; Samuel Pepys, Gentleman; Modes of Gentility; Silks and Calicoes; Underclothing; 3. Luxury; The Context of Luxury in Early Modern Europe; Taste; Comfort and Convenience; Spices of Life; Sugar.

The Contexts of Condiment Consumption4. Virtue; Dr. Blankaart's Prescription for Healthy Living; The Discourse of Virtue; "Bourgeois" Virtue; Tea, Coffee, and Sugar; Cleanliness; 5. Rational Masculinity; Coffeehouses; Coffee and the Context of Rational Masculinity; Tobacco; 6. Domestic Femininity; Tea and Sympathy; Femininity, Domesticity, and "Separate Spheres"; Civilization; Domesticity and Consumption; Breakfast; 7. Respectability; Modern Times; Respectability, Social Structure, and Individual Status; Respectable Families; Respectability, Institutions, and Professions; 8. Conclusion.

Gentility, Luxury, and VirtueMakers of Respectability; Rational Masculinity and Domestic Femininity; Implications and Further Questions; Notes; Appendix; Bibliography; Archival Sources and Special Collections; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources.

Tying together of several distinct cultural patterns during this century to create a culture of respectability and its impact on popular culture, trade, politics, social dynamics, and literature, this original and thoughtful work provides a comprehensive and much-needed understanding of the origins of modern consumption and all of its cultural implications.

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