Commodity culture in dickens's household words: the social life of goods
Auteur :
Waters, Catherine
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367887919
Date de publication :
12 déc. 2019
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
453 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
From 1850 to 1859, Charles Dickens 'conducted' Household Words, a weekly miscellany intended to instruct and entertain predominantly middle-class readers. He filled the journal with articles about various commodities, many of which raise questions about how far society should go in permitting people to buy and sell goods and services. Although stu