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Wanting and Having - Popular Politics and Liberal Consumerism in England, 1830-70 (Hardcover)
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Wanting and Having - Popular Politics and Liberal Consumerism in England, 1830-70 (Hardcover)
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Nineteenth-century England witnessed the birth of capitalist
consumerism. Early department stores, shopping arcades and
provision shops of all kinds proliferated from the start of the
Victorian period, testimony to greater diffusion of consumer goods.
However, while the better off enjoyed having more material things,
masses of the population were wanting even the basic necessities of
life during the 'Hungry Forties' and well beyond. Based on a wealth
of contemporary evidence and adopting an interdisciplinary
approach, Wanting and having focuses particularly on the making of
the working-class consumer in order to shed new light on key areas
of major historical interest, including Chartism, the Anti-Corn Law
League, the New Poor Law, popular liberalism and humanitarianism.
It will appeal to scholars and general readers interested in the
origins and significance of consumerism across a range of
disciplines, including social and cultural history and literary
studies. This book is relevant to both United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals 2 and 12, Zero hunger and Responsible consumption
and production -- .
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