Retailing and the language of goods, 1550 - 1820
Nancy Cox
| Year of publication: |
2015
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| Authors: | Cox, Nancy |
| Other Persons: | Cox, Nancy C. (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Farnham, Surrey [u.a.] : Ashgate |
| Subject: | Einzelhandel | Retail trade | Konsumgüter | Consumer goods | Konsumgüterhandel | Consumer products distribution | Handelsgeschichte | History of trade | Wirtschaftsgeschichte | Economic history | Großbritannien | United Kingdom | Welt | World | Wirtschaftssprache | Geschichte 1550-1820 | 1550-1820 |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] |
| Extent: | 248 S. |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index Introduction[I] The language of trade -- The relationship between labels and their objects -- Early dictionaries and the language of trade and industry -- The approach to trade and industry in early-modern encyclopædias -- The translation of new commodities -- Interlude: Two case studies: the potato; tea -- [II] Things beyond their materiality -- Deception and misconception in the production of food and drink -- Choice and no choice for the poor -- Small luxuries for ordinary people -- Love and marriage in the market -- Conclusion -- Appendix. 1503 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4724-1610-0 ; 978-1-4724-1611-7 ; 978-1-4724-1612-4 |
| Classification: | Wirtschaftsgeschichte ; Gruppensprachen, Fachsprachen, Sondersprachen |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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