"The history of consumption has experienced remarkable growth since the 1980s, driven by the interest of scholars in a variety of historical subdisciplines and other social scientific fields. This volume seeks to bring the resultant diversity of specialized approaches into one common discourse....

1. Collecting the world -- 2. American gold : sugar, tobacco and chocolate -- 3. Consuming the new world : settlements and transformation -- 4. Domesticating the exotic : a fashion for coffee, tea and porcelain -- 5. Treasures from the East : tulips and the fashion for Asia's luxury goods -- 6....