Cowinner, 2008 Fred Kniffen Book Award. Pioneer America Society/Association for the Preservation of Landscapes and Artifacts How did people living on the early

Cowinner, 2008 Fred Kniffen Book Award. Pioneer America Society/Association for the Preservation of Landscapes and Artifacts How did people living on the early

It is well-understood that the consumption of goods plays an important, symbolic role in the way human beings communicate, create identity, and establish relati

The study of past society in terms of what it consumes rather than what it produces is - relatively speaking - a new development. The focus on consumption chang

In A History of Global Consumption: 1500 – 1800, Ina Baghdiantz McCabe examines the history of consumption throughout the early modern period using a combinat