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portada Concepts of Value in European Material Culture, 1500-1900
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Language
English
Pages
304
Format
Hardcover
ISBN13
9781472451965
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Concepts of Value in European Material Culture, 1500-1900

Bert de Munck (Author) · Dries Lyna (Author) · Routledge · Hardcover

Concepts of Value in European Material Culture, 1500-1900 - Munck, Bert de ; Lyna, Dries

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Synopsis "Concepts of Value in European Material Culture, 1500-1900"

In contemporary society it would seem self-evident that people allow the market to determine the values of products and services. For everything from a loaf of bread to a work of art to a simple haircut, value is expressed in monetary terms and seen as determined primarily by the 'objective' interplay between supply and demand. Yet this 'price-mechanism' is itself embedded in conventions and frames of reference which differed according to time, place and product type. Moreover, the dominance of the conventions of utility maximising and calculative homo economicus is a relatively new phenomenon, and one which directly correlates to the steady advent of capitalism in early modern Europe. This volume brings together scholars with expertise in a variety of related fields, including economic history, the history of consumption and material culture, art history, and the history of collecting, to explore changing concepts of value from the early modern period to the nineteenth century and present a new view on the advent of modern economic practices. Jointly, they fundamentally challenge traditional historical narratives about the rise of our contemporary market economy and consumer society.

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