Luxury and Pleasure in Eighteenth-Century Britain.(Book review) From: Canadian Journal of History | Date: December 22, 2006| Author: Sayegh, Sharlene S. | COPYRIGHT 2006 Canadian Journal of History. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Luxury and Pleasure in Eighteenth-Century Britain, by Maxine Berg. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005. xvii, 373 pp. $45.00 US (cloth), $30.00 US (paper).

Maxine Berg continues her intellectual trajectory of exploring the multi-faceted nature of English consumer culture, especially its relation to production, and has produced a monograph that should be requisite reading for anyone interested in the history of global commerce. This book not only explores those facets, ...