The rise and fall of the luxury debates

Luxury in the Eighteenth Century: Debates, Desires and Delectable Goods

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 7-27

  Berg, Maxine ^a   Eger, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230508279     Document Type: Chapter

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