Luxurious citizens : the politics of consumption in nineteenth-century America / Joanna Cohen.
After the Revolution, Americans abandoned the political economy of self-denial and sacrifice that had secured their independence. In its place, they created one that empowered the modern citizen-consumer. This profound transformation was the uncoordinated and self-serving work of merchants, manufact...
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Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2017]
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Series: | America in the nineteenth century.
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Norlin Library - Stacks
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HC110.C6 C62 2017
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HC110.C6 C62 2017 | Available Place a Hold |